Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week was extremely busy, yet very fun. Everyday was filled with friends and family. The week started off on Tuesday with Brian and Sarah coming to visit. Sarah is a friend of mine from college who lives in the DFW area. We were so happy to play with little Cameron who is now six months old. Wednesday, we hung out with my mom's family here in Abilene, but I didn't take any pictures.


Thursday, we went to Gorman to have lunch with Dave's family.

Brynn Sadie
Here is Garrett and Abigail - Dave's cousin's kids.

Friday, we drove to Graford to see my Dad's family. Ethan and Sophie put on a show for everyone after lunch. They were so cute!

Here is Molly - my cousin Tammy's daughter.
...and John - my cousin Dana's son.
We had more adults than kids playing football!Scott and DadSaturday, Dave and I cooked a Thanksgiving meal! My mom, Bill, Scott, Grandad, and Paula came over for lunch to enjoy our fried turkey.
In between all the family events, we got to hang out with friends Austin, Leigh, Blake, and Kristi. We don't get to see them very often so it was great watching the Aggie game with them and playing games.

Making Christmas cards

Saturday, I went to San Angelo with a friend to make Christmas cards. I had so much fun and came home with 10 beautiful cards. Jennifer, I knew you would appreciate this blog. I would love to come stamp with you.

Happy Halloween!

Brynn and Sadie were adorable cheerleaders for Halloween! The things teachers do for their students...Each year at Anson the kids and teachers dress up for Halloween and we have a parade through the school. I felt silly all day, but the kids loved seeing us dressed up. I also have two wonderful room-moms. They decorated my room and put together an amazing party. We had a great day, but I am exhausted!

Pumpkin patch for the second time!

Tonight Dave and I went to the pumpkin patch for the second time. We went with his family so Brynn and Sadie could pick out pumpkins.

Halloween Treats!

I saw the picture below in a Woman's Day magazine. I thought how cute, I want to make these. Well, I knew it would be hard, but I took on the challenge anyway. After HOURS of making a mess, I created only 3 skulls and 6 Frankensteins! Well, actually there was more, but Dave and Scott decided to decorate also. Those were eaten!

Looks pretty close to the magazine right?!

Pumpkin Patch

Monday night, Dave and I went to a pumpkin patch with two of our friends. I had fun picking out our pumpkins and taking pictures! Walter and Angelica are from Venezuela and this was their first trip to a pumpkin patch.

Weekend in Oregon

Dave and I recently spent a relaxing weekend in Oregon. Dave had to go for work and I flew up on Friday through Sunday. When I arrived we headed directly down the Columbia River Scenic Highway. This was just one of the many beautiful views of the Columbia River. We stopped at several waterfalls on our way to Multnomah Falls. Below is Latourell Falls.
Multnomah Falls...the second tallest year-round waterfall in the states.
We continued our drive to Mt. Hood (the second most climbed mountain in the world).
Saturday, we drove into Washington to see Mount St. Helens.
Back in the Portland area, we went to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. We saw the "Spruce Goose" (the largest airplace ever made).

We also saw the "Blackbird" (the fastest plane ever).