Texas Gailey's: Happy 2015! ! !

It's hard to believe it's a new year already...and that we've been in Texas for over 6 months! We celebrated the new year at the library. The kids made crafts then had a snack and "champagne" and counted down to 2015 at 12:00 (noon, not midnight, that is:))

I just had to show off the beautiful cardinal we had one afternoon. We have many different birds, unfortunately I don't know what kind most of them are, but I do know my cardinals.

On a long weekend off of school we headed down to Zilker Park. We had some friends with us so packed a lunch and spent the afternoon there. The kids had a great time climbing the big rocks, playing with all of the dogs, and going to the playground.

In case you're wondering if we got another new dog, nope! This guy just loved us so much he hung out for a good long while on our blanket with us. Made eating lunch kinda tricky, but he was very sweet:) His owner finally came around and off the dog went!

Close by us was this adorable new pup that all the kiddos just fell in love with. I think he had enough attention to last a whole week:)

Speaking of new, here's my cousin Thea's newest addition:) Her baby girl, Calista, was born in November. We finally had a chance to meet her and boy is she cute!!! Kassidy was really helpful holding her and helping to make the fussiness go away.

Kaleb still LOVES babies!!!

Here she is with her big brother Drake. What a great big brother he is!

And our last new thing, a Honda Pilot. We are officially retired from minivans:) It's a good feeling knowing your kids are getting older and more independent. They can all buckle themselves, open/close doors by themselves, slide the seats forwards/backwards, and control their A/C. The minivans were extremely helpful in those areas but now we've moved on. We got the Pilot since it has a 3rd row and we can take friends around with us.

This is as close as the dogs will ever get laying next to each other;)

Kaleb's cute project for the new year at school:
'My favorite accomplishment in 2014 was completing the front flip. I did a front flip into the pool! Now, I do front flips on my trampoline, into foam pits, and in my bouncy house that is too small for me.'

'My goal for 2015 will be staying up past midnight on a weekend.'

I especially love his drawings:)

The kids did 12 weeks of martial arts over the winter. Here they are learning to use their sticks (of course I can't remember the proper name for them!)

Kaleb got these toys for Christmas. They're called Squiggs and on the little bin they come in it says 'Fun Little Suckers!' They really are fun and yes they do suck;) The boys found out it's a lot of fun sticking them to yourself, too! And even MORE fun sticking them to Mom!!!

Karson