DisneyWorld 2009

Me and the boys at the Animal Kingdom

The boys in front of the castle

The boys outside Expedition Everest. It was their favorite ride and I am pretty sure we rode it at least 10 times

Ethan's first ride on Space Mountain. I was so proud!

Inside one of the skull caves.

Well we decided at the last minute to take a trip to Disney World last month. After an awful trip down there we had a great week. Ethan rode his first big roller coasters and LOVED them. So we now have two great roller coaster riding boys. Here are some pics of the trip

Petit Jean 2009

We finally took the boys to hike the waterfall trail at Petit Jean. It was a beautiful day and I think we all had a great time

Spring Break 2009

Jackson and Ethan in their Wolf Den bunk bed

Jackson and Henley coming down the Howling Tornado

We took a bunch of kids to Dallas over spring break to go to the Great Wolf Lodge. The kids had a blast and so did some of the adults. Besides a few cases of stomach virus the trip was a success and I think we will have to go back sometime soon. They had an awesome water park inside and the rooms were built up like wolf dens. They were really awesome

KoKo

Well we finally broke mom and dad down and they let Emily get her own dog. Her name is KoKo and she is so cute and cuddly. She loves everyone and plays constantly. Even mom and dad are letting her sleep in the bed with them. For those who don't know they never even let us kids sleep with them. She is pretty pitiful but had fun on her first walk to petit jean. She spend most of her time hanging out in this bag!!!

This is what happens when Aunt Amy babysits....

The kids had a great time sledding down the stairs the other night while Daniel and I were out for Valentine's dinner. When Aunt Amy is around it is a free for all. They had a great time and luckily nothing was broken!!! I think Ethan was by far the best sledder of them all.

Valentine's Parties at WCE

Here are some pics of the boys at their school valentine's parties. They had a great time and got alot of sweet valentines from their friends.

Best Christmas Present EVER!!!!

Hey everyone it has been awhile since I updated so I thought I would throw in a picture of the boys playing with their Wii that they got for Xmas. They have been loving it and just got Mario kart the other day so they have been glued to the tv when they are not at school. I have had alot of fun playing the bowling but have slowed down a little now that Xmas break is over. I hope everyone is having a good start to the New Year!!!!

The Boys Fall Portrait

Here is the fall portrait of the boys. It is amazing how different their skin color is and you can really tell on this picture. Donna Evans did a great job getting them to relax, have fun and SMILE

A Goodwin Christmas

Here are some pics of the boys Christmas this year. Ethan got his Wii that he just knew Santa was going to bring him. Jackson got a pull cart for his golf clubs that still have not arrived even though we ordered them in September. He has been very patient though so hopefully they will arrive before spring comes and he is ready to play again. All in all I think we had a great Christmas!!! I have been addicted to Wii bowling so that has been fun for us all. Hope everyone has had a great holiday and see you in the New Year!

Fall Fun with the kiddos

Aunt Lisa was in town last week and we took a bunch of fall pictures with the kids. They had a good time playing in gammy and papa's backyard while Lisa shot the pictures. It is amazing that Ethan made it through without any broken bones after all these jumps into the leaves. I think it is safe to safe he is fearless and will have to be watched carefully as he gets older and braver! I really love the picture of all three of them because their facial expressions are so much like each one of them.

Halloween at the Goodwins

Bella was not too thrilled to be dressed as a skunk. I thought she was super cute but she spend the whole night pouting on her chair. I did get her to come outside for awhile once I took off the head piece.

Here the boys are posing with our Haunted Butler. He was really cool and we scared alot of kids while handing out candy when he spoke suddenly.

We headed to the club for a pizza costume party before trick or treating started. It was alot of fun and the boys got to hang out with all of their friends.

Ethan has started saluting people now so here is a picture of Ethan in mid salute. Who knows where he comes up with these things but it is pretty funny. It is also better than his other talent of armpit farting which he has also started here lately. Ohhh the joys of boys!

Here is Jackson with a bunch of his friends at the party. As you can tell the normal costume for a 8 year old boy seems to be anything disgusting looking.

By 8:30 Halloween night Ethan called it a night. He fell asleep in full costume and did not wake up again till the next day. I wish every activity made it this easy to put him to bed.

Happy Halloween from Ethan

Ethan was so proud of this picture the other day and he was glad to know that he spelled Boo correctly without asking for help. He is getting so smart!!!!

Aliens have landed

Jackson and Megan were acting goofy at Halloween Express the other day and dressed up like these aliens to scare Ethan. Needless to say Ethan won't be an alien anytime in the near future.

Tony Romo Jr

Here are some pics of Ethan in his halloween costume. He has gone to quite a few parties lately so he has gotten alot of use out of this costume. Jackson has not had his on long enough for me to shoot any pictures but I will get some on halloween.

Ethan's Bright Idea

Ethan came in with this happy meal toy and said Hey Mom Look I am having a bright idea. I thought it was too funny and had to take a picture

Ethan's First Field Trip

Well the rain held out and we had a great first field trip to the pumpkin patch. All the kids picked out a pumpkin, of course Ethan had to have the biggest one he could find. It will be alot of fun to carve out. They got to have a picnic and then played out there for about 2 hours. Who knew there was so much to do at one pumpkin patch. All in all no one got hurt so it was a successful trip!

Sweet Little Bella

I thought this was the cutest picture of Bella all cuddled up with Ethan's Lovie

The Real Nacho Libres

Daniel negotiated for days to get these two Nacho Libre masks for the boys. Who knew that Mexican wrestling masks were so expensive. Anyways, he finally found someone willing to take what he was offering and now we have our own mexican wrestling matches EVERY night of the week. Here you can see the boys taking turns body slamming each other.