McDaniel Miracles

I saw this "old" picture in my collection, and it brought back so many memories! This was the picture I used for our birth announcements which I named 'McDaniel Miracles'. I remember trying to take a picture of Max and Myles to use for the announcement, and I got frustrated because one would constantly move. When I took this one, I loved it. I love babies in white, especially onesies! When I showed this picture to Sean, he told me it looked like Max was ready to punch Myles.

The announcement picture also reminded me of this picture. Once again, it looks like Max is ready to punch. Let's just say "personality"! I frequently tell Max, "Don't let anyone tell you that you don't have personality!" He most certainly does! So does his brother---and we are so glad! Both boys are so special and precious to us. We are reminded each day of God's gift to us, our MIRACLES!

I Love You to the Moon and Back!

Guess How Much I Love You is a book the boys, Daddy and I read together. If you're not familiar, it's about a rabbit and his dad who tell each other how much they love each other. It's a great story, and Papa Tim bought the boys this sign for Christmas. He also gave them their own book with a neat message in the front. It was great! I absolutely love this picture, especially after trying many times to take a family portrait for our Christmas card this year. I thought it would get easier to take pictures of these two, but it does not seem much different from the times I put them in the chair together to take a monthly picture. (You can see what I mean below. Notice how sweet Max's face is in the first picture. I guess one out of two was not bad...)





I'm going to try to be better about posting in 2011. I did not do well in 2010, so we shall see if I can improve this year!

Our Visit with Gramie and Pops

This past weekend, the boys, my parents and I went to visit my grandparents, Gramie and Pops in Northern Iowa. Sean had tickets to the Big 12 tournament, so he stayed at home. We drove in the van for 5 hours and the boys did great! I was nervous about the drive, but they did well. Luckily we had our portable DVD!

This picture was taken as we were getting ready to leave. It was morning, and Gramie had been busy fixing breakfast, so she is still in her pjs. Notice how cute they are! I sent them to her and have a pair myself!

Both Pops and Gramie look great, and we had a wonderful time. I only wish we could see them more often. I've always wished they lived closer, and I especially do now that I have my own kids.
Myles never wants to pose for a picture!

Gramie will be 92 on March 20. Can you believe it? She looks and acts much, much younger. (Notice Max and Myles helping her to blow out her two candles....and Myles in his underwear!) It was lots of fun!

I am so blessed to be able to spend time with my grandparents and my children. Not many almost-39 year olds have grandparents still living. What a blessing!

I'm Back!

Where does the time go? Honestly, it's been since September since I've written on here, and I have no excuse. I have been busy...school and family. I've been trying to cut down on my time spent at school once the kids are gone, and I've done pretty good. Thanks to my dad, I have a motivation. I meet him at the gym around 4 which motivates me to get out of school! It's a win-win situation. (Now, if I can just keep it up!)

We're getting ready for Christmas around here. I LOVE this time of year, and I especially love to read books to the boys at night by our Christmas tree. It's been a special time when we (Daddy, Max, Myles, and me) talk about Christmas, Santa, Jesus, and happenings around our house. It's been great. I brought home some Christmas books from school, and we have all enjoyed reading them.

I'm looking forward to spending 2 weeks with my precious boys (Sean won't be here every day, but some!). Our life has been too hectic, and it's nice to slow down a bit. I'm secretly hoping it will snow and be too cold to get out of the house. Then we can stay inside TOGETHER! :)

BATMAN!

Lala took Max, Myles, Molly, and Libby to see Batman at the zoo a few weeks ago. As you can imagine, Max and Myles were very excited. They had me pin their Batman capes to their shirts. (The capes really go to pajamas, but they told me the shirts need them.) They even wore their Batman shoes. By the looks of Batman, I think I would have enjoyed going too. He looks pretty H-O-T, but I guess we would expect it. Afterall, he is Batman!

Batman gave autographs. Each time Myles has worn his Batman shirt since, he takes his autograph off of the bulletin board in his room and takes it with him.

First Day in the Blue Room

When I got the boys up for their first day of school, Myles told me he was excited. As soon as he was dressed, he ran downstairs to get his new Batman backpack. He had really wanted one, and I found one the night before. Max was excited about his Spiderman backpack, but not as much. :) Anyway, when I held up the camera to take their picture, they both turned around to show their backpacks.

It was also my first day back at school for in-services, so Daddy had to take them to school. They had a great first day as well as many more good days since. I know they like going to school---it's the waking up too early that they don't like. Like mother, like sons.

Melora and Doug, the Royals and Sluggerrrrrr

Last Friday Sean got a call from his sister, Melora, who told him she and her fiance Doug were on their was to KC. We were excited! On the drive here from Tulsa, Doug called a friend from work to get Royals tickets. Although it was last minute, our seats were awesome!! We loved them, and it was Max and Myles first visit to The K. Our highlight was seeing Slugger.

Max and Myles both saw Slugger throwing out hotdogs from the seats up above. Myles kept hoping he would come down by us and kept looking around for him. I never thought he'd come close enough, but he did! Melora, the boys, and I walked over a few sections to meet up with him. We all loved it!


It was a perfect night with cool weather. We even had waiters and waitresses take our order and bring us food and drinks. Too bad the boys in blue could not finish the night off with a win.