Thanksgiving Comes!

Life just seems to be flying by this autumn. If you can call 80 degree weather autumn :) We've had such nice weather. We just got a "cold" front in yesterday. I think we stayed in the 60s and it was quite chilly this morning. But it's back to the mid 70s for the rest of the weekend.

Our school had a really nice Veteran's Day program on November 9th. I thought Bekah's class was going to sing but it was only the fourth and fifth graders that stood up, everybody just learned the songs. So, Bekah looked awfully cute with her red white and blue, even if she didn't get to stand on stage. Paul was star of the week in his class that week as well. He and I taught his class how to make a paper airplane. That was fun. They are both doing very well in school.

This week was busy with Bekah's teacher's birthday, Thanksgiving lunch at the school and helping Amy clean her house after the renters moved out. Today the Kindergarten classes are having a feast to celebrate their pilgrim/indian unit. Should be fun! Pictures will, of course, follow in the next couple of weeks.

The kids get all of next week off from school, which Paul is really excited about. So, we are planning some fun activities, like making cards for wounded soldiers. Some of you may have gotten the email I forwarded about sending cards to Walter Reed Medical Center. And, I get to cook the Thanksgiving turkey this year. Pray for me! Ha! :) I found a recipe I want to try and my mother in law was more than happy to let me have the honor this year.

And, of course, the wonderful tradition of shopping the day after Thanksgiving. I am so excited! We just have so much fun (my sister in law and I) and are hoping my friend Karri can come along this year.

And then, Bekah's birthday is the following week! I can't believe she's six. She has requested a Ballerina party so the boys may be a tad bored (cousins and neighbors). I think I'll send them out to play football or something while the girls do girly ballet things.

Such exciting times! Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween

Princess Bekah and Pokemon Trainer Paul on Halloween on the way to the church party.

Story...Bekah told me for weeks that she wanted to be a strawberry for Halloween. So, I made a strawberry costume. On Halloween, I got her dressed in her costume and was fixin' to do her hair and she said she didn't remember telling me she wanted to be a strawberry. She wanted to be a princess. Luckily for her, because I was fuming, she had that princess dress in her closet. Hence the princess in the previous picture. Well, the school does not do Halloween, they do a story book character parade instead (we can't offend anybody at any time, you know) so I made her wear the strawberry costume for that and carry her Strawberry Shortcake books. At least it got some use! And doesn't it look cute? I was proud of myself for figuring out how to make Bekah into a strawberry.

L to R: Bekah, Emma, Frank (scarecrow) and Taylor. Emma and Taylor are our good friends. They didn't want to take a picture with the scarecrow so Bekah sat with them. You can also see Taylor's dad holding her hand. Emma was Thelma and Taylor was Daphne from Scooby.

Bekah and Ruby. I watch Ruby part of the day during the week. Her family lives across the street from us. Bekah loves to hold her!

LBJ Ranch with Mom and Dad

Mom, Paul and Bekah in front of the Texas White House (LBJ's home). We took a bus all around the ranch which is a National Park. Since Lady Bird's death, they have started renovating the house and will eventually open it to the public.

Dad, Paul and Bekah. Isn't this a cute picture? I wish it didn't have the glare.

OK, you can't tell from the picture, but Dad is looking at a butterfly. We really enjoyed looking at the butterflys. There were these black ones that had yellow stripes on the underside of their wings that were really cool.

LBJ ranch is a working ranch. They have their own brand of cattle and everything. On the tour we stopped at the barns and saw a couple cows, a horse and stuff. The kids are looking at a baby hiding under the mama cow.

Mom and Dad on the bus!

I'm not very good at getting pictures taken. But there are few cute ones.

Labor Day 2007 with James

Just got these pics to cd. We had a lot of fun on Labor Day weekend with James. The boys went fishing and we went to the beach and to the zoo. I must have forgotten to take my camera anywhere but the zoo cause besides a few at the apartment, those are the only pictures I have!

The kids and tim looking at the Komodo Dragon.

I can't remember what this exhibit was. I just wanted to get a picture of everyone. We didn't last too long, it was really muggy and sticky that day. But the zoo was free!

Since James has no furniture, we all slept on the floor. Not that Paul and Bekah mind. They can sleep anywhere. Us old people had a hard time, though! :)