November

I planned a little "get away" the week before Thanksgiving. We dropped the kids off at Grana & Papa's house in Burnet, and then went on to College Station for a few days. We had a wonderful time at our B&B, and reminiscing about our great times in Aggieland.
This is the beautiful "France" cottage at the 7F Lodge in Wellborn, TX. We loved staying here, and hope to return someday.
This lovely little chapel is also on the 7F Lodge property.
Grandma and Grandpa came over to our house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was unusual for us to have such a small crowd at Thanksgiving...although there were six of us...not sure why Rex and Mara aren't in this picture. The feast was great, and of course we had tons of left-overs.

Bad...Bad...Blogger!!!

I must admit that I have totally dropped the ball when it comes to updating my blog. I am ashamed that I have allowed so much time to pass since I last made an entry. Of course, things got busy with Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday activities, but that is really no excuse. Then, I simply got out of the habit of checking my blog, and before I knew it four months had passed.

I have decided that the time has come for me to make a fresh start, and double my efforts to update our blog at least once a week. I am going to begin by playing catch-up. I want to share some highlights of events in the past four months during my absence from Blogger. Stay tuned for my "Playing Catch-Up" entries...I hope to get them posted soon.

Thanks for taking the time to connect with our family in this way.

Fall Fest

The family had a blast at Fall Fest last weekend.

Our kids love to dress up. Rex was especially excited about being Anakin Skywalker this year...he grew his hair out for just this occasion. I guess his efforts paid off because several people commented that he looked just like the "real" Anakin from The Clone Wars, and he even won an award for best superhero costume. Mara was adorable as Minnie Mouse. My friend Kristy found this costume for her at a garage sale for only $1...complete with matching shoes and ears.

Daddy's band "Low Pointe" plays the festival every year. His band is made up of other men from church who like to get together every once in a while and jam. Their motto is: We play what we like, and if you like it too then that's a bonus. Their self-deprecating name stems from a reference to the name of our church congregation "High Pointe Church of Christ". The band is really quite good despite the name that would suggest otherwise.

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for helping me out with the kids!

Pumpkin Patch

Our family went to the Big Organge Pumpkin Farm in Celina on Saturday. The weather was beautiful, and we had a wonderful time. Mara really had a blast feeding the animals. She was not the least bit intimidated by them. Rex liked feeding the animals too, but didn't want to get too close to the cows and longhorns. Mara was the opposite. She wanted to pet them! We enjoyed a picnic, hayride, and the kids had fun riding the "train". We left the farm with two pumpkins, lots of pictures, and many fun memories.