Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

For some reason I always forget to take pictures of the kids on Thanksgiving.  Oh well, this is what I have.  It was a wonderful day with Kyle's family and my parents joining us for Thanksgiving.  Kyle's mom made a incredible turducken and my mom made way too many yummy mashed potatoes, okay so we had way too much food in general.  It was another wonderful Thanksgiving with our family that we are so Thankful for!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Sea World with Trevor

 Yes, we went back!  Don't worry not too many pictures- I just kept the camera put away most of the day.  I did get a few, it was Trevor and Aunt Stacia's first time!  It was me my mom, my sister-in-law Stacia, nephew Trevor, Gavin, Avalyn, and Cambria.  Ainsley stayed home and enjoyed a day with Grandma and Grandpa and Daddy!  The weather was absolutely perfect and it was beautifully decorated for Christmas.  All wasn't well with Avalyn, who only made it for a little bit before throwing up with a stomach virus.  Fortunately Daddy finished up early with school and was able to come get her and take her home, she was sick all day.  It definitely felt like we were missing someone, but we made the most of it and saw all the shows and let the kids ride some rides!
Feeding the dolphins is always a fun treat!

This was one of those fun unexpected moments!  We arrived right after the feeding, but a couple of the scubadivers was still in the tank!  They said it was just fine the kids went behind the railing (good to know, since I always let my little one's do that) and the scuba diver started interacting with the kids.  He was giving them high five and blowing bubble rings in the water!  So cool and the kids were so excited to see this!

I think Cambria could just live in an equarium!
For some reason I never take pictures of the shows, but I will tell you that they do a wonderful job and the Christmas shows are excelent!
Aunt Stacia took Gavin a Trevor on a "big" ride!  I LOVE that it's Nov. and still warm enough to go on a water ride!

Very excited about the ride and the dryer!


It was wonderful to enjoy Sea World again with Cambria, she really does LOVE this place!!!
This was the boys' day and they had a great time together!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

A little dinner!

 The night before my sisters left we had everyone over for dinner!  It was so much fun, we will miss them all this Thanksgiving!
Hayden is amazing with all the kids!  They LOVE him!  Even at 15 you can find him up stairs playing with all the kids, hard to believe he's not one of them anymore!

The Riverwalk!

The week of Thanksgiving was so much fun!!!  Kyle's parents, sister and nephew all flew in from Arizona to spend the week with us!  For a few days at the beginning of the week we also had my sisters and their kids- including Christine's foreign exchange student from Italy!  With so many people in town (some stayed with my parents) we decided to go downtown for a day- or at least a couple hours.  We moved back here this summer and had not made it down there yet, so this was new to the kids!  We did a little shopping, ate at the food court, took some pictures by the river, walked a little along the river (Cambria wanted in the water, so not too long) and finished up at the Alamo!
My sister's kids and mine (minus Cambria)!  That's Milla in the top left, she's a great fit in our family- such a sweet girl!
Hadley and Kimber


Kimber fell in LOVE with Avalyn!!!  She followed her around everywhere, it was really sweet!

Briley and Hadley

Mau Mau and Cambria.  Cambria did not understand why she couldn't go into the water.

Not the easiest bunch to take a picture.


The Alamo

 All the kids!!!
Gavin and cousin Trevor!

with this many kids someone would have to go pass the rope;)

Stacia and Trevor, so cute!