The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Thanksgiving

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Fun With Friends and Turkey Food

Last Tuesday after storytime at the library, some of our friends came over for lunch and some Thanksgiving fun. For lunch the kids had turkeys made out of fruit. Silly boys eating lunch

After lunch we make turkey cookies.Ready to eat!

Blogging Blahs...

...and the blahs in general. That's what I have. No exciting stories or events to report on - just everyday life. Of course it is probably the calm before the storm that is the holidays. Taylor has been in and out for meetings all week so the kids and I have had lots of quality time and we've done pretty much nothing. Taylor promised me this morning that his trip to Waco today was his last one for the year. Now it is out there for the blogging world to hold him accountable. Anyway, here are some pictures that have been on the camera for a few days so I'll share for the sake of the grandparents.

These were taken over a week ago when we went with friends down to the river to feed the ducks. We avoided the geese this time and John Curtis didn't seem to be scarred by his last experience here.

The nice duckies stayed in the water the whole time.

Lots of fun!

These are the 2 pictures I took in Weatherford this weekend. Since Taylor was out of town the kids and I spent the weekend there. DeeDee was helping Sophie with her sticker book. Pardon Bumpaw's big feet.

Cuddle time with Mimi

My Favorite People

Girls' Weekend 2009

Every year since I was in college the girls in my family spend a weekend away together. We always include a trip to the National Cemetery in San Antonio to visit my grandfather's grave. We always shop and eat a lot and laugh a lot and drive a lot since we tend to get lost. This year we did a few different things, too. After my family picked me up in Lampasas we drove to Wimberly and toured an olive tree orchard. The drive was beautiful with all the trees changing colors and the tour was really interesting.

My Aunt Edie and me in front of a cork tree

Mom pointing out an olive tree

Mimi and Lindsey during the tour

Mom, my Aunt Kay, and me during the tour

All the girls

More walking

Mom with an asparagus plant. This was fascinating to me. I never knew how asparagus grew.

When we left the orchard we drove to Kyle to pick up some yummy pie at the Texas Pie Company and then on to San Marcos where our Bed and Breakfast was.

This was my cemetery snack I made for us

All of the girls relaxing outside the B&B

We had a yummy dinner on the river that night and a yummy breakfast at a cafe on the square the next morning. Then we headed for the cemetery

This year it was raining so some of us stayed in the car. Mimi was a trooper though. We stopped at the outlet mall on the way home and shopped for a few hours. It was another great weekend with the girls.

A Winning Weekend

For the first time in a long time, all of our teams won this weekend - the Central High School Bobcats, the Aggies (Whoop!), and the Cowboys. John Curtis felt very proud!