This is Deacon and Hannah. The 2nd day of school, I went to pick him up and as we got Deacon's backpack I heard someone crying. It turned out it was Hannah all because Deacon was leaving and that is where it all began. The next week we went to pick him up and thought that we were seeing double, until we discovered that Hannah is an identical twin...nice my son is already going after the identical twins his Dad is quite proud.
Today was Hannah and Vannessa's birthday and so we went up to the Woodlands to their party at the children museum there. Little did I know that he would end up being the guest of honor. As soon as the girls saw him, both were so excited and saying...Deacon, Deacon, Deacon. Then their Mom explained to me how Hannah really has a crush on Deacon and always wants to know where Deacon is. Once it became time for opening presents, they opened Deacon's first. After they got done they came over and gave Deacon a hug...or at least tried to. As they were walking over their Mom was instructing the Dad to take a picture of this...and Deacon was running circles around me trying to get away. To top it all off, one of their grandmothers came over and asked what my sons name was....when I replied Deacon. She said Oh that's Deacon and then gave a little smile. I'm a little scared to see what 16 looks like if it is getting this serious at 3!
Our Gladden Farms home! We are very excited about it! As you can see it isn't done yet, but should be finished by mid-late April.
This is our courtyard entry way in between the garages.
This is the room that made us fall in love with this house. I am standing in the living room and you are looking at the kitchen and dining room. There will be tons of space for us to have church!
Our backyard....little but average for that area....notice the mountains?
Right before I flew out we had rodeo day at church and Caroline loved the petting zoo!
She kept following the ducks saying "Quack, quack"
Deacon had a lot of fun riding the ponies!
Deacon coming down Christmas morning.
Caroline's Preschool Class. No surprise that she didn't sing any of her songs....she couldn't even say the words Merry Christmas much less sing them, but she did shake her bells.
Deacon's class. He didn't do much singing either, but did have a great time waving and looking at himself on the big screen. :) (One of our friends was running the camera and the kids could see what was being recorded on the camera on 2 big screens on either side of the stage.)
I know what you are thinking...pirate costumes aren't for Christmas....except when you have a Daddy who builds a 20 foot pirate ship to put in a Christmas Parade of Lights.
Here is the back half of the ship. The youth band played songs the whole time.
The family rode in the truck. It took us about 2 hours to go about 10 miles. The kids did great until the end. Caroline was so ready to get out we were trying anything including letting her drive.
