Another Holiday Season!

It's that time of year again, you know, the most wonderful time of year!  The sleigh bells are ringing, the snow flakes are falling (somewhere, maybe), and Santa Claus will soon be here... actually I saw him at the mall just the other day.  The boys got dressed in their best Christmas sweaters and we attempted to get some good photos... though Nolan was not about it on this day.  Anyway, here are the best of what we got...

There's the new house, for those who haven't seen it.

There's got to be a Christmas card in there somewhere...

Just a little bit cold down by the water...

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and as always, a Happy New Year from South Texas!

Thankful for Millers

We made the 15 hour drive north to the land of Missouri for Thanksgiving this year, to visit the Miller Family, the Elder Sellers, and Grandma Steele for the holiday.  We feasted on turkey, played a lot of football, board games, and video games, and otherwise had a relaxing, enjoyable holiday.  The weather couldn't have been better, no snow or ice and only a little brisk.  The drive wasn't all that bad, so hopefully we'll get to make it back many more times over the years!  Here are some pics of how it went down:

The Eldest Sellers and Mother Miller.

The broken Josie... 

Making the meal.

The Great-Grandmother and the Lumpy one.

The oldest of many Miller boys... outside the new (old) house.

Rowan and Adam as goat food

The Miller Family... uh, pig?

Good times.

To be fair, it took two of us to get this done.

Mo in a tree.

The newest, youngest Miller.

Nolan and Mo helping out in the kitchen.

The younger Miller boys.

And sick Paul enjoying the cookout and smores... sort of.

Thanks again to the Millers for letting us spend our holiday with them!  Hope they get to come down south sometime soon.

Just Nolan in this one...

Since he's getting older by the day, we figured we'd better stop and take a few pictures to remember one day just how little, and blonde haired and blue eyed he was at one year old.  He's still our littlest, the baby, the happiest kid... and he hopefully always will be.  Here he is, just Nolan:

Don't worry, Nolan, there will be plenty more "say cheese" to come... it's a good thing he's a photogenic kid!

Fall into Autumn

As camera phones have become more and more sophisticated, it seems like it won't be much longer that you'd actually need a real camera.  Occasionally we still have to get out the big camera, but Becky tends to take hundreds of photos on her iPhone (uh ok, more like two thousand over the past six months... seriously).  So here are the latest from Fall in South Texas, as the leaves turn to... well, the leaves don't change colors and there really isn't a "Fall" here, but it is that time of year regardless.  So here are some pictures, and here's what the boys have been up to:

Played in the sandbox.

Baked some cookies.

Had "fun" at the playground.

Had a birthday.  A first birthday to be exact.

Played in the driveway and mean mugged the older brother.

Went for a cruise.

Got a TV stand/new place to sleep apparently.

Slid the slide.

 Dressed as a favorite book character - Arnold.

Showed some smarts.

Pigged out.

Cooked out.

And otherwise spent a warm Autumn with three crazy boys.  Now bring on the winter!

Tricked and Treated

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... everybody wanted to be Star Wars characters for Halloween! Well, the two older boys did, while it was sort of "forced" on Nolan.  But they all looked ready to save (or destroy) the galactic empire the other day for Halloween, or at least ready to go door to door to get free candy.  We walked around our immediate neighborhood until the bags were too heavy to carry, and got more than enough treats to send us all into sugar induced comas.  Here they were:

Darth Adam and General Paul Grievous

And a very unhappy Jedi Master Nolan

We even slaughtered some innocent pumpkins.

Good work Adam... unfortunately the Jack-O-Lanterns only lasted a few days before the bugs outside ate them alive.

Use the broom, Luke!

Ready to crush the Rebel Alliance! And get some Kit Kats, Snickers, and Sweet Tarts along the way.