Thanksgiving Week

We had a super fun week back in Houston for the Thanksgiving holiday. We had a full table of 16 for turkey and sides! It is always so nice for Hayden to see aunts, uncles, and cousins he can't see regularly. We were also able to go visit some of Greg's cousins who live in the area. We had lots of fun times, and of course some good shopping!

Busy with the Thanksgiving cookies...don't try to offer help with the sprinkles. All four trays were for Hayden to decorate!

Happy Thanksgiving!

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we drove out to College Station to visit Santa's Wonderland. I highly recommend it if you live in the Houston area or are ever nearby during the holiday season. It is a huge drive through light show. There is also a village area with shops, music, animals, and food! Santa was also there, but we were not ready to visit him yet :-)

This is Texas after all!

We went on the hayride through the park instead of in the car...a must!

Lots of lights.

"Snow" in the village!

Indulging Hayden's love of petting zoos and pony rides!

The 'Elf on the Shelf' made his debut this year. While I don't' think he is fully grasping the concept, but he does like to read the book and look for the elf in the mornings. He does though fully understand the Advent calendar, especially the one after dinner with chocolate!

Football Time is Almost Over...

We spend this Saturday cheering on out TCU Horned Frogs in the last home game of the season, and the last ever game in our stadium before it is imploded and rebuilt for next year. Everyone was able to come and have a great time. Hayden had so much fun and got really into the game this time around. He was busy cheering and yelling any time the crowd did!! The weather was a great help for the weekend enjoyment, too!

We tried all season to get Hayden to wear his new jersey. Thankfully he relented for whatever reason and chose to finally wear it for the last game!




What we will call a montage of two of the cutest future Frogs! Hayden and his best gal Emerson hamming it up for the camera. I think they would have posed all afternoon if we let them!

Hayden and Uncle Pete's in their matching jerseys :-)

Bubbles in the stands.

Hayden showing his Frogs!

Picture for the season.


Since it was the last game after 80 years in this stadium, everyone was allowed on the field for one last time :-)

No celebration is complete without a fireworks show!

Baby Shower!!!

Last weekend four wonderful friends and my wonderful sister threw me a baby shower for little Parker. It was so great to have all my family and all my friends together at one time! I am so blessed to have such great people care about me and my growing family. My best friend Sabrina has become a great photographer and took all the great pictures!

Beautiful table set up!

Perfect cake and the decision on how to cut it up!

Caitlin, Me, my mom, and my Grandmother.

Jen, Caitlin, Me, Sabrina, Kari, and Kellie...all the wonderful people who planned the day for me!!




Thanks to everyone for all the special surprises for little baby Parker! I know he (and I!) will enjoy them :-)

Halloween Weekend

We tried out best to it in as much as possible to round out what was a very fun and enjoyable weekend! We did all the Pumpkin Patches, so last Friday we started the final festivities with sugar cookie making. Hayden is a big fan of cookie making and is ready at a moments notice with his chair pulled up to the island for cutting and sprinkling.

They were delicious!!

Saturday evening was pumpkin carving time. I was actually able to find a really big, round guy this year, which made for a great jack-o-lantern! Hayden named him Jack...obviously!

Greg and Hayden were on pumpkin clean out duty. I do the carving :-)

The completed Jack, the jack -o-lantern.

There was a little surprise left by Jack for Hayden on Halloween morning...a special treat as he calls it!

New slippers for the winter and some holiday treats!

Well, trick or treating this year was a huge hit. Once we did a house, Hayden was ready to go to the next house and the next. I think it was more about the novelty of going and ringing the bell and actually saying 'trick or treat', more than the actual candy. Don't get me wrong, he is enjoying a bucket of candy at his disposal! He was practically running from house to house!!

The costume went on without any difficulties. Hayden is not much for dressing up and really doesn't do things on his head, so we were not sure until go time what would happen. We told him that if he wanted to trick or treat he had to wear his Pablo costume. With that, he was ready to put it on and even left it on after he was done...hat included!

Testing it out.

Here's Pablo!!!

Hanging with Brodie Buzz before heading out.

He's off!

Posing with his loot and Jack.

Enjoying the candy he picked out after he was back home :-)

Well, it wouldn't be an overview of the whole weekend if I didn't put this picture in...no your eyes are not deceiving you, Greg did indeed fashion a costume for Annabelle Puma from what was a felt bucket. You can imagine how much she loved it!

She promptly removed it from herself every time Greg put it on her!!