Friends!

Rev loves spending time with his friends Jack Taylor and Aiden Gist. They came over last week for lunch and playtime and were so cooperative to pose for some pictures!

White Rock Marathon Weekend!!

It's December and the White Rock Marathon is here again! Clay and I are just running the half marathon and this will be our 5th year to run it together. We look forward to this race every year. It is so exciting to run with 17,000 other runners through the city of Dallas. If you are bored Sunday morning come on out to the American Airlines Center. Its a really fun race to be a part of as well as spectate! There is always free food and live music!

Brilliant!

Your blog turned into a real book. Brilliant! Why can't I think up cool stuff like this??

Babies

This film looks awesome! We are really looking forward to seeing it. Check out this trailer

9 Months

Calvin turned 9 months this past week! I can't believe his first birthday will be coming up in February. This picture was taken last weekend when we went camping.

Enjoying

Enjoying this music lately. What a talented musician.

Our Trip to Boston and New Hampshire

Here are a few pics from our trip we took to Boston and New England in October. Rev broke our camera half way through the trip and so it has taken us awhile to figure out how to get the pictures off the camera. All of our pics from New Hampshire and Maine were taken with my iphone so they are not that great of quality. We had a wonderful time, we absolutely loved Boston. It was a beautiful city. We had a blast traveling with the boys and have lots of funny stories and memories. Here are a few things that happened.

1. Calvin fell off the bed in the hotel room

2. Calvin fell out of the stroller

3. Rev spilled an entire starbucks mocha on himself in Faneuil Hall in Boston

4. Rev Lost his warm winter hat on the subway in Boston and was quite upset

5. Rev fell down the escalator in the airport in Boston

6. Calvin pooped in the bathtub twice in our hotel

7. Rev broke our camera at the Children's Museum in Boston

8.Calvin pooped on the carpet in our hotel

9. Calvin pooped on the white bedspread when we were staying at they Hyatt in Boston!!

We had a wonderful trip!

We went and took a tour of the USS constitution (Old Ironsides) and spent time at the museum. It was very neat. Rev really enjoyed seeing the big cannons on the ship and exploring all the different decks.
We took a the Cog Railway up to the top of Mount Washington, the highest peak in the North East. The 6,288-ft Mount Washington is "home of the world's worst weather". When we left the base it was about 50 degrees but when we arrived at the top it was 18 degrees. It is the oldest mountain climbing railroad, and the first ascent was made in 1869. The trains are run on biodiesel and travel at a whopping 4.8 miles an hour! It was a really neat experience.

Rev really enjoyed the snow. It was beautiful.
Calvin was able to see and touch snow for the first time!
After our trip up Mount Washington we decided to drive down the Kancamagus Scenic Byway. The scenic byway passes through the heart of the White Mountains in New Hampshire giving you a really spectacular view of the trees and various overlooks. We stopped about halfway and took a short hike down to a river to let the boys play and explore.

The White Mountains were absolutely beautiful. I would be more than happy to go back anytime!

Homemade Focaccia Bread

We made vegetable soup last night and tried a new focaccia bread recipe from this cookbook. The bread was very easy to make and very good. It calls for a lot of fresh herbs so we were able to pick from our herb spiral last night!!

Focaccia Bread

3 cups spelt flour

1 T baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sea salt

2 T fresh rosemary leaves chopped

1 T fresh basil leaves chopped

1 T fresh thyme leaves chopped

1 T fresh sage leaves chopped

1 1/2 cups "sour milk" (almond milk with 1 T apple cider vinegar)

1/2 cup applesauce

1/2 cup olive oil

preheat oven to 375. Oil 2 loaf pans set aside. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices. Add the sour milk, applesauce and oil and stir well. Portion the batter into pans, sprinkle with a little more chopped rosemary on top. Bake for 35-40 min.

No Training Wheels!

Rev learned how to ride his bike on Saturday without training wheels. We are so proud of you Rev!

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