Daddy plays dress up with Harper

Jeff got a voicemail at 6 am this morning saying Frisco ISD was cancelled due to inclement weather.  Jeff and Harper hung out most of the day.  He decided to play dress up with her - but this was definitely Daddy style.  No pink tutus here. First she came out with my Baylor sweatshirt on.

Next was Harper - The Future Ironman Triathlete!

She did look pretty ridiculous in her bike jersey, running gloves, Jeff's race belt and number from White Rock marathon and the running hat!

Here's a video of our future Ironman in action.

Date with the Twins

On New Years eve day we went over to the Walsh's house for a little playtime and a yummy lunch.  This playdate included the dads.  Dan is the head baseball coach at Centennial.  He and his wife have 8 month old twins - Daniel and Grace.  Harper enjoyed playing with the twins or shall I say taking over all of their toys.

Harper showing Grace how to "eat" the letter V from the flooring.

"Excuse me Grace - I'll show you how it's done!"

Harper and Daniel trying to figure out how to escape down the stairs.

We attempted a group picture of all three of them, but it proved to be a little challenging.

And she's off...

They had this fun toy that looked like a flashlight but it projected a little ocean scene on the wall.  Dan kept moving it around and the kids were fascinated by it.

Baseball season will be fun this year with the three little ones at games.

Tea Party

Mimi & Papa gave Harper a Beauty & the Beast Tea Party set for Christmas.  She loves playing with it and spreading the little pieces all over the ktichen floor. 

Tea Party with Aunt Carol on the kitchen floor

Grandma Jane's 101st Birthday

My Great Grandma Jane turned 101 years old last Tuesday.  We had a nice party for her at the church in Paris and her family and friends were able to be there to help celebrate. When we got home from the brunch at the church we had cake and ice cream at my parent house. 

Grandma Jane with her son (my grandaddy.

She decided that if she took some icing off the cake and licked the top that she could have the entire cake!

 Grandaddy thought this was pretty funny!

 My sister, Rebekah, with Grandma Jane

 5 Generations!!!!!

 Harper walked around and tried to steal food of each person's plate.  Grandma Jane gave her pound cake.

 My cutie pie.

Busy Ball Popper

Santa brought this fun toy to Harper for Christmas.  She loves her new Busy Ball Popper.  Several of our friends have this toy and she has played with it at their houses.

Notice the wind blown hair.

Enjoy the video.

Relaxing in Paris

I love hanging out at my parents house.  We get to relax and stay in our pajamas all day.  We have help with Harper so I can do important things like update my blog. =)  I'm enjoying using Carol's new camera to capture Miss Harper.

Don't mind the black and white shoes and the green outfit.  Her daddy dressed her today.

Yummy - this candy cane is good.

Cutrell Family Christmas

I just realized that this was saved in my drafts and I never published it last week.


*Warning - A lot of pictures below.  My sister, Carol, got a new Nikon camera for Christmas. 
I look forward to Cutrell Family Christmas every year.  It's usually the only time during the year that my Dad's entire family all gets together. This year we all meet in Sulphur Springs on Friday night and spent the night.  

Reading some of the books that Harper got from Aunt Susan

We always enjoy playing games!

Dad plotting his next move.

One of my favorite traditions is gathering around the piano and singing Christmas songs. 

Harper singing with her Aunt Carol

Aunt Gail teaching Johann how to play the piano.

Another Cutrell Family tradition is the White Elephant Gift Exchange game.  We all bring a gift and then you draw numbers, open a gift when it's your turn and then you get to steal if you want someone else's gift.  It always gets a little vicious with all of the cousins playing.

Crystal goes in for the steal.

I picked this gift to open because it was wrapped pretty.

Little did I know that Johann had wrapped it in about 10 layers of newspaper and put duct tape around each layer.

It took me about 10 minutes to open it.

After all of that - it was stolen from me! Jeff ended up with the College Football Encyclopedia!

Harper with her Great Grandmother - my Mama.

I think I might just steal my sisters camera.  It's fabulous!