Christmas Day!

David's Tae Kwon Do Tournament

There was lots to do this weekend for David.  He had 3 conflicts:  football game, Cub Scout den meeting, and Tae Kwon Do tournament.  The tournaments are only twice a year, and since he is serious about going all the way to black belt, we try to go to one a year.  I think you have to go to 4 tournaments to get your black belt.  Chris drove him to Giddings this morning and here they are!

It is super rainy so David got lucky in his choice.  The outdoor football game and den meeting were cancelled!

He's warming up here.  So serious.  I'll post more as the pictures come in.  :-)

St. Dominic Center Saint Visit

Today was a service day for our family.  We joined our homeschooling group and visited the retired priests at the St. Dominic center and dressed up as Saints!

The priests moved into their new beautiful facility this month and we enjoyed getting a tour.  I love the St. Joseph statue in the courtyard.

Love my little St. Francis of Assisi running around!

The kids each gave a little presentation of the Saint they chose to dress up as.  Lia picked St. Anne, Mary's mother, this year.

David chose St. George and the Dragon. He has been St. George every year since he was four.  I guess heroes that slay dragons are perpetually cool.

 

Isaac is checking out Father's ring.  He is certainly a charmer.  One of the priests, Father Nills I think, is actually a Franciscan.  How cool is that!

And I took this one the night before as I was putting Isaac's costume together.  His friar robe is a $5.88 women's mock turtleneck from Walmart.  I just lobbed off about 6" of the sleeves.  The clip on bird we found at Michaels along with some manly ribbon.  So cute.  

Fun October pics...

Saturday, Lia and I took Isaac to the mall to get a haircut.  While the haircut was a little challenging, we all enjoyed riding the carousel after.  Isaac was a little scared of the horses going up and down so we rode together on the benches.  He's holding on tight!

This was on a neighborhood walk.  He's barefoot because he got muddy almost immediately at the pond.

Emily got her hair cut today and wanted garlic knots at Crust after.  We were waiting outside and took advantage of their fun Halloween decorations for pictures.

Isaac's vroom vroom cars!

This is pretty much what Isaac does all day.  He would prefer one of the other kids to ride with him and will ask throughout the day... "David, vroom vroom cars?", or "Lia, vroom vroom cars?", or just simply pound at the door saying, "Vroom vroom!"  He has gotten incredibly fast at this... as you can see.

Happy 10th Birthday David

Around the first week of October, David started commenting that we hadn't started making preparations for his birthday.  So we got busy picking a day to celebrate and inviting friends and family.  He wanted a cinnamon cake like last year so I baked it the night before his party.  It smelled so good that David asked me to cover it up and put it in the fridge or he'd never get to sleep!

After church, the kids got busy decorating the cake.  They all wanted to help David.

"A Decade of David!"

We couldn't have had better weather or a more wonderful evening.

Love all the happy faces and raucous singing!

Happy Birthday David!

A Decade of David!

And here is the Happy Birthday video.  I love all the smiley faces and especially that Isaac is a part of the celebration, even though he looks incredibly confused!