Thanksgiving

Well we started off our Thanksgiving having fun! There was lots of laughter and lots of Crazy Static-y Hair!

Then we took a turn for the worse... after daddy got off the trampoline somehow when Eli was jumping he landed on the trampoline wrong... next thing you know we are at the ER. Took x-rays found out he broke his arm. The good thing was that the ambulance had just gotten there and the door into the ER for the ambulance was right next to our room, so as we looked at the ambulance through the door, the EMT asked Eli if he would like to sit in the ambulance... so out we trekked to the ambulance.

Eli even got to put on the lights and hear the siren (which scared him a bit). He loved every bit of the ambulance though.

Next we found out that the bone he broke was going to need pins put in it so we would have to come back at 4pm to have surgery at 5pm... so off to the grandparents house for mommy and daddy to eat a little thanksgiving and see the rest of the family (for about 1 hr) before going back to the hospital. This pic was taken right after surgery. He did really well and did not even throw up on the way home which is one of the most common things for kids to do after surgery.

That night at home Lizzy was in Eli's bed giving him a little extra loving. So sweet to see both girls being extra careful with him... oh and Eli requested a Spider-Man cast when asked what color he wanted.. and his doctor came through with a great Spider-Man cast.

Hope your Thanksgiving was better than ours!!!

Birthday Girl!

9 years goes by too fast... I can not believe my baby is 9 years old already. I thank God for giving us such a precious little girl who has the most tender heart for others.  

We did a birthday party this year and invited church and school friends. However it was freezing and raining outside so all my outside activities where cancelled and we had to come up with a plan B.

After the party was over Lizzy organized Caroline's clothes that she received for her.

Pilgrims, Friends, and Boats

Caroline had a project for class this year right before Thanksgiving. Her class was reading the book "Molly's Pilgrim" and she was given a clothes pin and told to dress it like a pilgrim... so here is what we did...

Don't you love her red shoes? Caroline decided she needed shoes so she drew some red ones on...

Fun times with old friends. When Caroline was 3 she and her friend Addi would walk around holding hands... now this was not something Addi liked to do and it took her awhile to get used to it but 6 yrs later... they still hold hands when walking and talking... so sweet!!!

Caroline, Addi, and her brother Jackson.. Love these guys. We don't get to see them nearly enough.

Greg has been working on a bee box ever since he went to a bee-keeping class... Eli and Elizabeth thought it was a boat and loved to sit in it and pretend they were rowing the boat. They were a little sad when their daddy finished his project and they can't sit in it anymore... but they still call it their boat.

Veggie Tales

Eli is dressed in his "Larry the Cucumber" outfit singing the Veggie Tales song... too cute!

BONUS: cute pic of the girls!!!

New Way to Lift Weights

Slides

We went to the park again, such a great way to get out extra energy in the afternoon. The kids always find something new to do at the park. This time is was Elizabeth riding on top of Eli down the slide.... head first!

Then they wanted to do a big train down the slide... silly kids. I love to hear them laughing together!

Fun and Parades

The kids wanted to make a tent.... so one Saturday we let them pull out the tarp and chairs and make their own tent. They had a great time playing in there.

Eli was in the tent then out of the tent finding sticks to use as guns... boys!

Homecoming parade... This year it was a pj theme so all the kids wore their pj's and threw out candy. The kids had a great time riding on the float.

Random Pictures

Lizzy is helping Eli get all his tools on his tool belt.

We had a nice day outside so we went to the park to play. The kids loved doing a train down the slide! They are so cute when they play well together!!

Sister Smiles

Greg surprised me for my birthday and took me to a bed and breakfast on the Brazos River. He planned all kids of activities for us to do on our little get away. It was so nice to just go sleep somewhere with no kids for a night! Thank you to the grandparents who took my kids so I could have a night away!!!

Last Wed night at church the little kids had crazy hair night!!! My kids love crazy hair night!!! 

I have completed my updates from the month of October... I will work on Sept next... stay tuned.

Camping at DeGray Lake

Nothing says camping like a good downpour! When we arrived at our tent site it was not raining but we knew rain was coming so we worked on building a shelter first. We knew it would take too long to put the tent up so we started on the tarp. We got it about half way up before the rain came, and came... so Greg and I got wet putting up the rest of the tarp. After that we had a nice dry place to sit.

The sun came out and we now have tent and tarp up.

We had a great time playing down by the water with our friends...

and on the boat ride... well for the first 10 min of it anyway,

All the kids

The guys went to play golf and the girls and kids went to.... Tarantula Island. 

The park ranger is giving us an educational talk about the island and the critters that live on the island. Thankfully we did not find any tarantula's but did find lots of daddy long legs!

After our trip to trarantula island we then headed over to the visitor center where the park ranger showed us some snakes (yuck) and....

an alligator... The kids loved touching both the snakes and alligator.

The kids in front of the lake.

Can you find the frog in this picture? Look closely...

Catching Up

I know it has been awhile, I have heard... I am sorry!!! I will work on trying to back log some pics from the last two months. I am starting with yesterday, so give me a little time to back log it all please.

At Caroline's school they do a character dress up day on Halloween. So Caroline decided to dress like Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia! I tried several times to turn the pic but it wouldn't so I am sorry you have to look at it sideways:)

Last night the kids dressed up and went to the fall festival near our house. Eli is Bob the Builder, not sure who Caroline is... maybe a princess, then Lizzy was in her Cinderella dress.

Their silly photo shot.

Of course as soon as we got to the festival Eli and Caroline wanted to ride the train. Lizzy again was not sure and did not get a chance to ride it... maybe next year.

She did however get her face painted like a beautiful butterfly!!!

The next thing on the list after face painting was milking the cow. The kids are excited about having land with animals they are practicing their milking skills...

Well except for Lizzy, she looked at that cow and decided she did not want a part of that!!!

Caroline got her face painted also and I forgot to get a pic of it so last night before bed I got the pic:)

Hope you have enjoyed our pics from last night, will post some more later.