Ride 'em Cowboy!

We can't live in Texas and NOT go to the Rodeo!!! The Newton crew saddled up and headed to the rodeo on Sunday, what FUN! The kids all loved it and it was quite the experience! Cole was a little scared at first but soon was yelling "get 'em, rope 'em, they got 'em" with Trent!

Aunt Lauren and little Ryan, he was a trooper!

Uncle Kyle, Trent, Claire and Courtney checking out some horses. 

Aren't they cute!

James makes quite a handsome cowboy! He fits in here just fine ;)

Awwww struck!

Gotta get sticky!

Yeeee Haw!

Outch! oh btw...that's a dummy ;)

I said make "FUNNY" faces...those look pretty "scary"!

Love the laughter! 

Side bar: This is what living with a 2 year old boy looks like! I THOUGHT all the markers were under lock and key!

On this morning parmesan cheese was his prey.

Moving Day!

Oh HAPPY DAY! At last the long awaited MOVING DAY!!!! What a long strange trip it's been! Thank you so much to everyone that helped us move in. We are loving our new home, our space, and being together once again. We are starting to get back to "normal" and settle in. We like our neighborhood and have already made friends with the neighbors next door. We are getting plugged into our church and meeting some great people from there as well. We miss you all in PA terribly, but are loving the TX family, sunshine and warm weather!

KEYS!!! 

Our 1st decoration!

Painting the Garage before we move in.

Sealing the grout. 

Aunt B ran a tight ship...work or get shot ;)

Pappy putting together Cole's big boy bed!

Unpacking the kitchen...thank you B!

Check out Miss. Muscles Cassidy

Unpacking my Grandmother's China and Crystal. Some of it had been in boxes since the 80's.

Re covering my dining room chairs, thanks B ;)

Family Pic on James' and my 7th wedding anniversary!

Cheers to 7 years!

The playroom all unpacked. It will NEVER be this clean again ;)

Cole's Big Boy room...Thank you Grubes, Aunt Sue, and Uncle Joe

 

Courtney's Room

She was doing a craft on her floor

Still a work in progress but it's coming together slowly!

The kiddo's testing out the jetted tub! The LOVE IT.

New Year Newton Style

Bringing in the New Year Newton Style... 2 days after closing on the house we thought it would be a perfect time to have a PARTY!!! We had a house full of 20 family members and it was AWESOME! I loved having all of our brother's, sis-in-loves, mom's, dad's, my aunt, nieces, and nephews together to bring in 2012! We partied around the boxes ;) All the kiddos stayed up until midnight and enjoyed toasting with some strawberry cider! It was a wonderful evening and I'm looking forward to many more get togethers in the future!

Courtney and her cousin Claire 

Newton Cousins: Cole, Trent, Kate, Ryan, Claire, and Courtney

Happy Chaos!

The boyz! James' dad and our brothers!

The girls! Worlds greatest Sis-in-loves, my mom and Aunt B

One stylish dude!

2012!!! CHEERS!!!!!

Didn't mean to give the kids "Coors" cups, haha I was just trying to get rid of them . How embarrassing ;) 

Christmas in Wichita Falls, TX

We had a Very Merry Christmas at Uncle Ricky and Aunt Shenas' with Nana and Pappy. It's the first Christmas since Courtney was a baby that we were all together. Santa found us and the kids loved every second of the day!

Snugglebuggle time!

Making "Happy Birthday Jesus" cupcakes  

A little food for the reindeer!

Santa gets a cupcake!

JUST what she wanted!

Uncle Ricky and Aunt Shena! Thank you for letting us crash!

Time to play!

Rockin Pappy!

Uncle Ricky took us flying!

 Mama was shocked, Courtney wanted to go up too! She did GREAT!

New bike from Uncle Billy!