January 2010

The year has started out great. We rang in the New Year with our good friends the Davila's. Our kids had a blast playing with their kids and we played cards with the grown ups until way too late at night. We had our traditional fondue and cuddled with Christina's new nephew. New Year's Day we feasted at Nana and Papa's house. Then we set up a tent in the living room of our house, made a camp fire in the fireplace, and roasted marshmallows for our first ever official New Year's Day Cousin Camp. It was a blast and will probably become an annual event;) Taylor's symphonic band played the National Anthem and the Canadian National Anthem at a Texas Stars hockey game. Nana, Papa, Grandma, DiDi, Collin, Trisha, Fringos, Mitchell, and our family all went to watch. It was super fun! The same weekend we all got to go to the Shrine Circus. Kailey loved riding the elephant! And the boys were amazed at the motorcycles on tightropes! We ended the month with an educational field trip to the Texas Memorial Museum. It's a museum of Natural Science with amazing dinosaurs. Our home school group also had a good opportunity to discuss "theory" in the "evolution room" that is featured there right now. Very interesting. With such a busy, but fun month, I'm excited for the rest of 2010!

Looney 2009

Merry Christmas to your home from mine.
We hope y'all had a great 2009!

Ours was terrific, but went by so fast.
We're working real hard, but having a blast.

As for Brendan and Mandi, there's nothing new,
But here's this year's scoop on our little crew.

Taylor, 13, has grown so tall.
He's past Mom's height on our measure wall.
He's busy, as always, with band and football.

Nine-year-old Tanner still likes to run.
He loves pocket knives and his air soft gun.
And video games are still lots of fun.

Don't judge Hannah by her size.
Our seven year old is quite a surprise.
She loves to sew, cook, clean, and organize!

Hunter is sweeter than most five-year old boys.
He likes spending time with his cousin and playing with toys.

Kailey, now two, is such a mess!
She has to wear lipstick and a dress!
Her long, brown ringlets are fun to caress.

Drop us a line; let us know how you've been.
Hope to spend some time with you in two thousand ten!

Love,
The Looney's

Pioneer Farms

Our homeschool group, The Royal Academy, had our first field trip today. We loaded up all of our kiddos and went to Pioneer farms. It was really interesting. Here's our kids all gathered on the front porch of an 1800's plantation home.

Hannah's 7!! August 28th

Our pricncess Hannah is 7 already! She's in second grade this year. She's a Sr. Brown Belt in TaeKwonDo and a 2nd Degree white belt in Jiu-Jitsu. Her favorite color is green. She wants to be a vet when she grows up. We love you Hannah! Happy Birthday!

First Day of School

Here's Taylor heading for 7th grade. He's in Symphonic band this year and plays the baratone. He's also playing football this year.



Tanner and Hannah are being homeschooled this year. We are part of a homeschool co-op that we've put togeather with 6 families that we go to church with. We have school togeather 3 days a week. And a field trip every Friday! I'm the history teacher and the science assistant.

Hannah's in 2nd grade!


Tanner's first day of 4th grade!

Summer Girls

What cute little cuddly sisters!

Rain Hair

Hunter spiked his hair after getting wet in the 1st rain we've seen in a while. He cracks us up!