My Little Brother

My brother's 16th birthday is February 17th.....it's hard to believe how quickly time passes! He was born during my Senior year in high school and now he's a sophomore in high school himself....he went from this
to this!

Here are the three of us in 1997... not sure what Trac was doing in a cheerleader outfit!And here we are in 2007!

The Buchholz Christmas

Mike and I arrived in Raymondville the evening after Christmas. It was great to see my nephews who were as rambunctious as ever and didn't sit still for a single minute. We opened presents the next morning and the boys went wild. Someone got them BOXING GLOVES and they nearly killed each other. It was a little bit disturbing, but still hilarious. I can't believe there were no black eyes!

Austin and Keaton were on the go so much that I couldn't even snap a proper picture of them. Below is the best I could do. Austin and dad are comparing their new John Deere sweatshirts. The Cars fishing poles (fittin' poles!) that we were so excited to give to the boys had long since been discarded and are laying in the middle of the floor.

Santa also brought Whoopie Cushions which were very entertaining!

Austin took the picture below...not too shabby for a 4 year-old!The fudge was a hit and Mike scored a new camping coffee pot which we can't wait to try out this spring!

A Jenkins Christmas

Mike and I traveled to Rich Hill on Christmas Eve to visit his dad and Kathy and Derrick. We had a great time visiting with the family and on Christmas Day we all headed to Aunt Kris and Uncle Bob's for the big family dinner. It was boisterous and crazy, but we all enjoyed ourselves and ate WAY too much good food! The day after Christmas was filled with four-wheelin' and oldies Karaoke. Kathy and I stole the show with our duet of "My Guy".

Below Derrick, Kathy, Karl, Janda, and Mike.Taking the Arctic Cat for a spin.

One of our typical "long arm" shots....

Later that day we headed off on our tour of Missouri to visit my family in Raymondville.