The Sweetest Not-So-Silent Night

G had his school Christmas Pageant this past week,

and it was perhaps the most precious thing that I have never seen.

G was a shepherd...the cutest shepherd I have ever seen! And, the shepherd that told me as we were driving to the pageant when I asked what he was going to do, "Well, Mom, I am a shepherd and my friend Will is my sheep. He will need to follow me when I sing my songs."
(I wonder if Will knows this?!?)
And perhaps the proudest too!

Away in the Manger...He practiced for weeks in bed each night. I would get frustrated that he was still awake, but I never had the heart to tell him to quit singing!Yes, Jesus DOES love you!They also sang Silent Night. Above the almost 50 kids, I could heard G singing loud and clear! It made me giggle a little, but it warmed my heart a lot!
I watched as the little shepherds walked away...For the first time, G TRULY understands why we celebrate Christmas. He knows and understands that it Jesus' birthday; he is in awe of the Christmas story, and the is delighted by the majesty of the season.
This is MY
Christmas blessing!

Dear puppy,

Dear Puppy Roxanne,

Instead of writing Santa this year, I am writing you! There are so many things I want this year, but the thing I want the most only YOU can give me!

You see, we love you so very much! From the moment we saw you at Daddy's and my school, we knew we had to have you! It was as if it was fate for you to be ours... However, we are really struggling with the things that you are destroying in our house.

You have eaten through two kennels - a plastic AND a wire one closed with 50 zip ties...(Yes, you ate through this kennel and then got out of it...hurting yourself in the process!)

You have eaten our Christmas presents...And our sofa.Did I mention that you also ate our wall?What about my favorite boots...and Daddy's Crocs too?There was also the vacuum cleaner I had to put in the trash this morning...And, you did not even spare YOUR new pillow!I will not discuss the 2 loaves of bread, the entire box of cookies, the cat's food, and my Secret Santa stocking (Although it was a tu stocking, and I really do not blame you for tearing it to shreds!)...and SO, SO, SO much more!

Oh, dear puppy, we so love you...and we so wish that you would quit chewing too!

I know it might be a Christmas miracle, but we are keeping our hopes alive...

Much love,
Your owners

Cookie Monster Christmas

G and Ballerina were invited to the sweetest Christmas Cookie Decorating Party this past week. They had such a good time decorating cookies!However, I am fairly confident that they had an even better time eating them!After face painting, game playing and hanging with friends we were off for the evening!
It was assuredly a good time had by all, and a wonderful way to celebrate and relish in the joys of the season!

Black Tie Affair

The precious little penguin at his school Christmas concert!And, I must say the younger brother and sister REALLY enjoyed the event! So much so that they climbed on the school's furniture to be able to see!

11...

So, it is official...Cannon is 11!

I pray each of your wishes come true sweet boy!

Keep dreaming...and know that we love you!

A Dinner with Santa

One of our favorite events each year is dinner with Santa! I am not so sure the older ones are into it as much as the younger ones, but we all have a really good time! (Except for Ballerina who never seems to be having much fun at all!)

There is tons of things for the kids to do...

The love to make things for their family...even their K-Dan!

Oh, look what Gigi did...She made Ballerina smile! It was a wonderful evening...great food (of which Kason would even be jealous), incredible friends, fabulous family and laughs and more...

Kason's tu Romance

So, who is this guy?Whoever it is, I am fairly confident that Kason is going to make out with him!

He was so giddy!

And Mom and Cammie just could not get it right as they tried to reenact!

G and Cannon could not get the playing of the trumpet right either!

Their efforts just bored the snot out of this normally cheerful couple!

And, it just made Ballerina scream!
Thank goodness this was KK's last game! I just do not know that this family can handle any more fun! Ha!

Gary

Meet Gary...

Gary has been living with us since G's birthday party. Yes...This means that he has been living with us since the 20th of November. (In Case you are counting, that 14 days...2 weeks...that he has been living in our kitchen!)

Gary was a present...

Yes, Gary was a gift from one of G's sweet, innocent, loving friends. Gary was wrapped with a Star Wars watch; however, when G first opened the watch, Gary could not be found!

A while later Gary was discovered in a popcorn bowl where he lived for the next couple of days.

However, one morning I went to look for Gary, and I could not find him! I looked everywhere and eventually found him here...on the bowl that lives on our kitchen counter.

He has been there for the last few days...on one side of the bowl or another.

Oh, Gary

Peek-a-boo!

Because this face is just delightful...

when she plays peek-a-boo!

Hark the Harold Angels Sing!

And as we hang the greens at church, we know the Christmas season has officially begun...

Little angles watched in wonder...

Others slept.

And some goofed around!

But, when they sang, they were perfect angels!

Well...Almost perfect!

However, no matter how far from perfect they were...The songs they sang could not have been any sweeter!

As we welcome this season of wonder and delight, we truly hope you enjoy it to its fullest...I know we will be!

Gobble, Gobble!

Turkey day parties at school are always quite fun, but being able to have your cousins and aunt with you...Well, that makes them twice as fun!And, just so you know, Ballerina is thankful for her purse...See the red feather on the far left...G's class gobbled down some good eats...And had some pretty interesting face paint!

Then we were off to Mommy and Daddy's school for the Faculty v. Student volleyball game!More Gobble, gobble to come!

Oh So Pretty!

This is what aunts do with nieces when they come to visit....

Oh, she was so proud...and felt oh, so pretty!

The Newest Member of the Coker Family

Please welcome the newest member of the Coker family......meet Roxanne!

We found our new 8 month old puppy at mine and Eric's school. She just wandered up there one morning, and without the long story, three days later she was ours! Yippie!

Ballerina is just now getting used to her, but the rest of the kids and Daddy are in love!

And, Roxy loves the water!

Movin' On Up!

And they are now proud homeowners!Nothing like a Eric's special spaghetti and Cold Duck celebration!Congratulations Justin and Lauren!
(I am also glad that KK weighed his options and decided to join us all for the event!)

Step Off On Hullabaloo!

So, we attend a lot of pre-game stuff on Aggie game days, but it is not often that we take the kids into a game. It simply talks too much for us to take the family into a game!

However, it would simply be wrong for us to go a season and not take Grayson Kyle into Kyle Field (his namesake) for an Aggie game! So, Mommy and Daddy took him...

And, he had the best time!

He cheered on his Aggies,

got uptight when he felt they should be doing more,

and yelled for them until he lost his voice!

However, his favorite part (as well as Mommy and Daddy's) was watching Uncle Kason in the Aggie Band! Gig'em Aggies!