SAGE STORY

WE WERE SHOPPING IN THE MALL ON SATURDAY, AND AS WE WENT INTO A STORE THE SHOP LIFTING ALARM WENT OFF. SAGE AND I BOTH WENT BACK THROUGH TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, AND I WAS THE ONE SETTING IT OFF. WE WENT ON INTO THE STORE AND LOOKED AROUND. A LITTLE BIT LATER SAGE LOOKED REALLY WORRIED AND ASKED, "MOMMY WHY DID YOU STEAL?" POOR THING, SHE WAS SO WORRIED AND CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON! I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT SOMETIMES THEY JUST GO OFF AND NO MOMMY DID NOT STEAL!

SAGE THE BIKER

SANTA BROUGHT SAGE A PURPLE BIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, AND IT HAS FINALLY BEEN NICE ENOUGH THIS WEEKEND TO REALLY ENJOY IT! FRIDAY I TOOK HER OVER TO THE BARN SO SHE COULD PRACTICE SOME. SATURDAY WE DECIDED TO TAKE A RIDE ON THE ROAD SINCE IT IS SO MUCH SMOOTHER AND SHE DID GREAT! WE RODE ALL THE WAY TO CONNER'S HOUSE (BUT I HAD TO PUSH THE BIKE THE ENTIRE WAY ON THE CALICHE!) TODAY SHE RODE 2 MILES. AT SOME POINTS IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO KEEP UP! HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE DAYS LIKE THIS!

SAGE DANCING WITH THE DCC AT HALFTIME

DALLAS COWBOYS

WE WENT TO THE DALLAS COWBOYS GAME LAST WEEKEND! IT WAS GREAT AND THE STADIUM IS AMAZING..AND THEY WON! THE LONG WALK TO THE STADIUM WAS VERY COLD, BUT WE SURVIVED.


ON THE WAY TO THE STADIUM, ONE OF THE TAILGATERS HAD SET UP A MCNABB DUMMY. GUS PUNCHED IT A FEW TIMES, THEN THEY LOWERED IT TO HIS LEVEL AND GAVE HIM A BAT. HE HAD A GREAT TIME, AND IS PROBABLY ON YOUTUBE "BEATING" ON MCNABB. PEOPLE STARTED CHEERING FOR HIM, WHICH JUST MADE HIM KEEP GOING. HE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT; LANCE AND I WERE NOT SURE IT WAS HEALTHY FUN!

DAD AND LANCE HAD THEIR PICTURE MADE WITH THE BUD LIGHT GIRLS. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE CHEERLEADERS AT FIRST.


WE SAT AT THREE ROWS FROM THE TOP OF THE STADIUM. IT WAS A LONG WAY UP! DAD AND LANCE HAD GONE AHEAD OF MOM, THE KIDS AND I. I TALKED TO DAD ON THE PHONE, AND HE SAID, "IT'S NOT BAD GETTING UP HERE WE RODE AN ESCALATOR." THE REST OF US NEVER FOUND THE ESCALATOR. DAD SAID WE LOOKED VERY TIRED BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE TOP!
GUS WATCHED AND CHEERED THE WHOLE GAME. HE WAS SO EXCITED! DAD HAD TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO ON THE FIELD, SO HE WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE LEFT AND HE HAD NOT BEEN DOWN THERE!

SAGE HAD FUN. YAYA BOUGHT HER A DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADER SUIT! WE TOOK A COLORING BOOK IN CASE SHE GOT BORED. SHE COLORED THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT WATCHED THE REST OF THE GAME!

LUNCH WITH A GOOD FRIEND

WE VISITED THE FORT WORTH STOCK YARD ON SATURDAY MORNING. IT WAS VERY COLD! WE SAW THE LONGHORNS CATTLE DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND LOOKED AROUND IN THE COLISEUM. DAD AND LANCE LOOKED THROUGH THE COWBOY MUSEUM WHILE MOM AND I SHOPPED A LITTLE. WE MET CORI, CHLOE AND CAMPBELL FOR LUNCH AND HAD A GREAT TIME! SAGE LOVED BEING WITH THE GIRLS!

WHEN WE LEFT THE RESTAURANT WE SAW PROBABLE THE STRANGEST STREET ACT EVER! THIS MAN HAD A DOG, CAT AND RATS! THE KIDS WERE AMAZED! (AND THE ADULTS A LITTLE DISGUSTED!)

ps tried for 3 days to get this picture to turn the right way!

CHRISTMAS AT GRANNY & GRANDADDY'S

WE WENT TO GRANNY AND GRANDADDY'S HOUSE THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH PRATT, HALLE AND REBEKAH. LANCE AND I HAD A GOOD TIME PLAYING PITCH.

GUS GOT REAL FOOTBALL PADS FROM YAYA AND PAPA AND A NEW TECH JERSEY FROM JANA AND JAKE. HE THINKS THEY ARE AWESOME. HE WORE THEM CONSTANLY EXCEPT TO BED FOR 3 DAYS! EVEN ON THE 5 HOUR RIDE HOME! THEY CAME IN REALLY HANDY WHILE RAMPING HIS BICYCLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HURT WHEN HE FALLS!

HERE IS A PICTURE SAGE DREW OF JANA WITH HER NEW GLODODDLE! SHE GOT SO MANY NEW THINGS AND HAS REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING AND WEARING EVERYTHING!

CHRISTMAS IN TEXHOMA

WE SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY IN TEXHOMA WITH LANCE'S FAMILY. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME VISITING AND EATING!
SANTA CAME TO BUD AND ANNIE'S HOUSE. SAGE GOT A NEW PURPLE BIKE. SHE WAS SO EXCITED! IT IS VERY FANCY AND EVEN HAS FLOWERS. SHE IS RIDING REALLY WELL. WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD ALOT OF PRINCESS FRIENDLY DAYS TO RIDE (IT'S BEEN REALLY COLD!)

SANTA BROUGHT GUS A NINTENDO DS. HE HAS LOVED IT! AND HAS SPENT ALOT OF TIME PLAYING FOOTBALL ON IT SO FAR. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR HIM TO FIGURE THE GAMES OUT. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT 45 MIN THE FIRST DAY, AND THEN I HEARD HIM SAY "OH THAT'S HOW YOU PASS THE BALL!" BUD AND ANNIE GOT GUS A BICYCLE RAMP OR AS LANCE CALLED IT "A BROKEN ARM IN A BOX!" SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED. HE AND DAVID HAVE REALLY ENJOYED RAMPING!

THE LAST PICTURE IS OF SAGE AND GUS ON HER BIG PIANO. THEY HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME MAKING "MUSIC." AS YOU CAN SEE SAGE ALSO GOT A FANCY NANCY DOLL FROM CLAY AND KIM. FANCY NANCY LIKES TO PLAY THE PIANO TOO!

WAY BEHIND--CHURCH CHRISTMAS PROGRAM!

WE HAD A GREAT CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT CHURCH. LAST YEAR WE AVERAGED 4 OR 5 KIDS IN OUR TWO CHILDREN'S CLASSES AT CHURCH AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 17 THE DAY OF THE PROGRAM! IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THESE LITTLE ONES LEARNING ABOUT JESUS!

FOR THE PROGRAM GUS WAS A SHEPARD AND SAGE WAS AN ANGEL. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING THEIR PARTS AND SINGING.

SAGE AND I HAD A VERY LONG MORNING! I THOUGHT HER HAIR WOULD LOOK SO GREAT CURLY THAT DAY LIKE I HAD DONE FOR HER OTHER CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, BUT SHE HAD OTHER IDEAS. I GOT HER HAIR ROLLED AND IT LOOKED GREAT, AND SHE SPENT THE NEXT HOUR BRUSHING IT AND CRYING BECAUSE SHE WANTED IT STRAIGHT! BY THE TIME WE GOT TO
CHURCH HER HAIR WAS A MESS AND HER EYES WERE SWOLLEN. SOME DAYS IT IS HARD BEING 4!