Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving came and went in such a blur this year. We had a great time with our family and friends. The week before Thanksgiving, Todd and I took the little guys on a mini-vacation to San Antonio. Todd has meetings at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort, so of course, the boys and I tagged along. It was great to get away for a little bit. Our Thanksgiving celebration started off with the FUMC Children's Day Out Feast. The boys were not doing so well when I arrived (later our sour attitudes turned out to be pink eye (x4), ear infections (x2) and one respiratory infection. oops!)

Owen was struggling to enjoy his meal. Look at the place mat he made, so cute!

Brody loved the tater tots.

On Thanksgiving Eve, I hosted a casual "practice" Thanksgiving dinner.
Brody loved visiting with Great Pa. What a couple of cute guys!

Great Pa made fast friends with Owen by way of chocolate cake!

Ooh....look at mommy's turkey! Todd and I cooked one of our yummy turkeys for Thanksgiving. The boys thought it was pretty amazing.

Brody showing of Great Ma's "first Christmas gift" to Ross, Chelsea, and Cambree. The boys got tiger flashlights that roar. Good job, Great Ma!

Family Photo

Sometimes the glass is half full, sometimes not?

Grammie and her boys

Great Ma and Great Pa with two of their three great grandchildren

Nana and Papa D came to celebrate!

Are these our children?

What do you think? Are these our children? Do they look like us?

Owen

Dad

Brody

Mom

Fall Fun

This week the boys have discovered the crunch of the leaves. I was sweeping the driveway while they finished their nap after our walk. When they woke up there was no stopping them. I loved watching them play. Who knew a broom and dead leaves would equal an hour of entertainment.

What's mom complaining about? This is fun!

"Brody, grab this broom and make yourself useful!"

"Fine. I'll sweep, but you have to hold the dust pan."

"Lily, do you see what mom is making us do?"

Brody was such a big helper

Owen loved to scoop the leaves and dump them on brother

Divo (is that a male Diva??)

No pictures please!

Let's Go Cowboys!

Todd found these jerseys for the boys when we were at the game. Brody is Romo and Owen is Barber. How stinkin' cute do they look doing their pregame routine.

the walrus and the blue bunny really get us hyped!

Owen stretching out his hamstrings

Brody posing for the ladies

Halloween 2009

We had a busy Halloween LONG weekend. Here's a few snapshots and recap of all the fun!

Owen strutting his stuff at his MDO parade. The photo is not great because I was hiding between pews so the boys would not see me. Ms. Dana said I had to take them home if I upset them.

Brody did his walk while trying to remove his pants. He is not a fan of anything tight around his ankles or wrists. (we've had to alter all our pj's)

Owen decorating cookies during their party

Thursday night we headed to a party at gatti's. Yummy pizza!

an attempt at photograph many dressed up little ones. Notice how happy mine are!

Friday we headed out to MCC. Miss Georgia was a piggy.

Then we headed to Mia's Halloween party. Don't we look like we are having fun?

Pa Doss was so excited to see his super heroes

Saturday we started our trick or treating at Debbie's house (we even got to feed the horse). Thanks for all the treats Debbie! Candy for the boys plus homemade cinnamon rolls, pumpkin bread, and wine for Mommy and Daddy. My kind of treats!

Lillian and Hannah were there to share in the fun

we headed home and Baryn (bat girl) and Braden (bat man) came by to drop off yummy cookies

then we headed out with the Earls to trick or treat in our neighborhood. Lillian was a princess and Jackson was her frog prince. So cute!

The boys did really well carrying their treat bags Grammie got them. They loved digging in every one's treat bowls and transferring candy to their bags. Luckily we don't really know what candy is!

Playing the piano at Sharon and Ken's house with this lovely lady. Thanks for our Halloween books!

Super Heroes are amazing musicians. Who knew?

Then we went to see Kelly and Billy and Frankenstein!

Kelly had really funny suckers! We were all covered in sticky goodness

two tired super heroes. Congrats boys we survived!