Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving - Gobble, Gobble =)

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving break - lots of fun and got a lot done =)

Movies (Harry Potter, Secretariat, Tangled) - not all together, different groups to different movies but we definitely did our part this year in the Thanksgiving movie weekend!

Motorcycle ride, mountain biking, indoor playground and "The Grinch" musical. Indoor and outdoor decorations up and new exterior lights (thanks babe!).

New tradition of family games on Thanksgiving morning - so fun! But best of all, wonderful food with family on Thanksgiving capped off with the Aggies beating Texas made for a fantastic day!

Ok, so family games was a hit - we played while watching the Macy's parade.
Especially bingo where everyone got to enjoy being the caller =)

I didn't do a good job of taking pictures of the family meal but we had my parents and sister Kath over and it was really great. Amber and Sam fell asleep on the couch after the game - so cute!

Thanks to the kiddos, well the older boys, we got the lights done quickly outside. Amber "helped" us by giving the plants a trim =)

Riley, our 8 year old pup, watching us work =)

Before and after of the lights. One of our original lights was broken (the one by the basketball hoop, hmmm...) and we couldn't find one to match, so we switched them all and we love them! Now those boys better not throw towards the light!!

We capped off the week with a surprise trip to see "The Grinch" at the Hobby Center. The Grinch was played by the same guy who is Ronny Rotten in LazyTown (kids show, aimed at the toddler - kinder set). He did a great job and it was really fun, very audience interactive. Now it's back to the regular schedule at least for a few weeks =)

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Happy Birthday Thomas!!

Thomas celebrated his 7th birthday at the zoo. This year we started celebrating birthdays by taking the kiddos somewhere special. For the older boys we surprised them (Sam's is coming up, so he doesn't know yet where he is going =) ). Thomas starting asking to go to the zoo this summer, so we knew exactly where to take him. The weather was gorgeous and we had a great time! We got to see the new baby elephants, a 5 mo. old boy and a 7 week old girl. So cute!!

Happy Birthday Thomas!


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Boys of Fall

Sam and Thomas played their first season of flag football this fall. They both really enjoyed it and it was fun for us to watch. Here are some shots...





Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Perfect Day


Every once in a while, one of those perfect days just happens. For us it was mid-October on a beautiful day. I don't know how it happened but we had a free day (no crazy schedule) and Brian decided to cook out. He headed to the store and came back with yummy cheese and wine to start it all off. My parents stopped by with some fudge from a craft fair in Richmond and I persuaded them to come in and try the cheese and wine. They ended up staying for dinner, kids got in the pool, played football with Grandpa and corn hole with Grandma and I got some hot tub time in too. The dinner was delicious (beef kabobs, asparagus, corn) and the company and pace was wonderful. Truly it was a perfect day =) - Did I mention that I didn't have to cook a thing? =)