New Flowers

It's that time of year when we clear out all the old dead plants to make room for new ones. Cameron helped me trim, plant and water. She's got a little bit of a green thumb like her Memaw, Papa, and Mimi.

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Valentine Dance

Chowing down on cheese puffs

Dancing with Taelis

Dancing with Aaron

Passing out their Valentine cards

Cameron had her first school dance today. Her teacher had the kids dress up for the party today because today they would be cutting a rug. She wore her fanciest dress for the party. She had such a blast dancing with her friends. She wanted them to Tango with her. All she needed was a rose in her mouth.

Valentine's cards

Cameron had a good time filling out her Valentine cards. She was so particular about which classmate got each card.

Like Father like Daughter

I amazes me sometimes how much these two are alike. I love how they look so intense as they play with their gadgets.

Snow Day

Goldie racing in the snow.

Tossing snow in the air. It was super powdery.

Racing each other.

Throwing a snowball at the camera operator (mom).

Snow angel interrupted by Goldie.

We had our first real snow of winter. It started as freezing rain and turned to snow early this morning. There isn't all that much on the ground, but it was enough for Cameron and Goldie to play in. I'm not sure which one loved it more. It is currently 17 degrees and dropping. We are supposed to wake up tomorrow to 7, yes 7 degrees & windchills below zero. I'm not cut out for this kind of cold! I'm seriously thinking of moving to a tropical island. Really!!!!

Eagle Mountain Park

Cameron and I went out to Eagle Mountain Park for some practice on my photo taking skills. This place was spectacular. It had a wide variety of trails for hiking/jogging. I can't wait to go back when it is Spring. It was awesome!!! Cameron was a real trooper allowing me to have her stand here or there. It was a great day out in the sunshine.

I learned...

It is okay to be who you are. As you can see we are complete goofballs around here.

Bowling

Check out the lean~

We took Cameron bowling for the first time while we were in San Angelo. Apparently Eric spent much time at this bowling alley because his mom belonged to a league. I learn new things about his childhood everyday. I would never have guessed that Elaine was a bowler. Anyway, we had a really great time. It was so much fun to watch Cameron get excited over every roll that she performed. She was also Eric and my biggest cheerleader. She greeted us with a huge hug whether we got a strike or a gutterball. I got mostly gutterballs, but she made me feel like the best bowler in San Angelo. Afterwards we topped the night off with a steak dinner at Zetner's Daughter. Yummm-o!

Christmas

Christmas came a few days early at the Briley house. Thank goodness we have a direct line to Santa so that we could let him know about our trip to San Angelo. He was able to make it to our house a couple of days before Christmas. He didn't disappoint either! Both of my sweeties were thoroughly happy with their gifts. I especially love the picture of Eric hugging his new iPhone. He really does love his gadget that much.


Cookies out for Santa


Momma loves this gift. Yea for no messes!

I think there may be a picture of me riding my new Huffy bike with a banana seat. I think that is why I like this picture of Cameron on her new bike from Memaw.

Love isn't a strong enough word to describe his feelings for the new iPhone.

Barbie dream house from Santa

One of these people was ready to get up and open presents. Can you guess which one?

GoGo from Mimi and Big Guy

They both gave each other an iPad. The looks on their faces were priceless!

Thanksgiving

Papa and the grandkids

I love these two girls!

Nana and her future Aggies

Aren't we a great looking group?

This was the final picture of the over 50 we took.

Cameron and John Lee

Better late than never is my philosophy these days. Here are some of our favs from Thanksgiving with the Mathis crew.