Happy Turkey day!

This Thanksgiving, the kids and I drove down to my parents house. It was a hard decision to leave Chuck at home because he had to work. We missed him a lot, but had a really great time.

Welcome to Oklahoma... now pay up! I think I payed $16 for the privilege of driving on their turnpikes this trip. Literal highway robbery. Crazy!

My back seat navigators... taking a break:
Home sweet home...

On Wednesday, we went downtown to watch the Ft. Worth herd cattle drive.Very cool! If ever in the area, I recommend this event.

We played on grandpa's motorcycle.

Enjoyed the warm weather at the park...

And stood in long lines at Six Flags. Line after line after *%$@#&?! line!

The girls had a really good time, though.

Charlie... not so much. He was really good, though. He tolerates a lot from us.

We had to investigate a few sales at the mall.

Standing in line at the 30 year old microwave for our left over turkey on Friday!

... and then back to the 'real life'. So sad.

Thank you grandma and grandpa for letting us come and visit you!

Have you hugged your Veteran today?

Speaking of veterans, our niece, Sammy, visited a couple weeks ago. She unexpectedly had to have some surgery while working at Ft. Leonard Wood. She is enlisted in the Army right now. They gave her a couple weeks leave to recoup, so she came to stay at our house. She felt pretty crummy for the first few days, but recovered pretty quickly. Then we had some fun!!!
We visited Ameristar Casino...

The Brewery...

Charlie wasn't too thrilled with the brewery tour...

until we got to the Hospitality Room for some samples. That's my boy!

Happy Birthday, Chelsea! She turns 14 today. have a wonderful day, baby!

And lastly, thank you, Chuck for your service!

My latest project

Adrianne had an Uppercase Living party a few weeks ago. Essentially, they are big, elaborate stickers that you stick on your walls to decorate. A few curse words and a glass of wine later, this is my finished product. I also did Charlie's toy box. I have one more sticker for my door, but decided that I was DONE! Maybe another day... maybe not :)

Happy Halloween!

Aren't they cute? Note the curl on Charlie's forehead! Chuck was very proud of that.

AAARGH! I think I see a ghost in the window!

How fun! Jumping in the leaves.

My Autumn Angels :)

Chloe-isms

Chloe had to stay home today because she caught the "Red Eye". Unfortunately she has pink eye. We seem to get that a lot. She has now got her "eye drips" for 24 hours, so she should be fine to go to school tomorrow.

Yesterday at church she said something cute. We play a little game where make a list of things that we love each other more than. ie: "I love you more than chocolate ice cream". "Well, I love you more than going to Six Flags". This can go on for hours. Well, yesterday Chloe wrote on her bulletin "Are you okay with me loving God more?" Of course, baby!

Mommy's little pumpkins

What a beautiful weekend! Highs were in the 60s, and the sun was shining. Perfect for pumpkin hunting! Thank you to Josh and Adrianne (the professional artists) for having us over for pumpkin carving. We had a great time!

Let's Go Blues!

Thank you again to Josh, Adrianne and Ann for babysitting while Mel, Sean, Chuck and I went to the Blues game last night. We had excellent seats. 3 rows up from the "field". We saw a pretty good game. The Blues smoked the Wild. Here are some more pics from the game. You can see us pretty well in photos # 24 and 28.

http://blues.nhl.com/club/gallerylanding.htm

I saw this car driving down the Page Extension today. It is one of the goofiest looking cars I have seen in a while.

Miss my puppies :(

Chunk like icecream!

Ever since Chloe went bowling with camp last summer, she has been begging us to go back. I'm not a huge fan of bowling, so it has taken us a while to fulfill her desire. We actually had a pretty good time. Note our terrible scores and keep in mind that we had the BUMPERS up! I have to mention, however that my score was a community score. Charlie threw a couple balls for me, and then when he couldn't sit still any more we took a walk. While we were gone, the girls took turns throwing for me. Chuck has no excuse, though. HaHa! Good times, good times. Like everyone's hiney shots?

How can you not cheer this woman on?

I'm not usually a huge (pardon the pun) Biggest Loser fan. I just happened to tune in and fell in love with this contestant. If you haven' read her storey... do so here: http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/contestants/current_cast/abby/index.shtml



In short, she lost her entire family in a car accident. Her husband, 5 year old daughter and 2 week old son were all killed in a head on crash in 2006. She talks about how she had to learn to "survive", then began "existing" and just recently has started "living" again. If all of this doesn't make her your fave... she is also from TEXAS! Just a bonus! You go girl!