Thanksgiving 2010

Here is AM's thanksgiving feast. I made these mini muffins that were suppose to look like mini pies. She is wearing a pilgrim's women hat.

Here is Running Buffalo! His dad was so proud.... and so was C. I made turkey and ham roll ups for his feast and they went quickly!!! :) C was so proud!

This is the day before Thanksgiving when B smoked ribs, sausage, stuffed jalapenos, and a bacon explosion. Everything turned out GREAT!!!

Here we are at Thanksgiving dinner. With all the kids and parents, we didn't all eat together, but the meal was so delish!!!

Here we have Aunt Tbird, Baby M and AM! They are all so beautiful!!

Family pic of the Austin contingency!
FAMILY PORTRAIT!!!

S's Wedding!!

Pre-Wedding round of hair-cuts

For our big wedding that we attended this weekend, I took all the kids to get their hair cut. This was AC's first hair cut....she was a little skeptical at first:)





But, then they gave her a lollipop and she was fine :)
C was a pro and he looked like a STUD when he was done. He hasn't had a legit hair cut(not from dad) in a long time!!




While AM was getting her hair cut, she talked and talked. She told her stylist how her daddy had hairy legs and arms, but not so much on his head.


Thank God for Lollipops!!

Gramma, Papa and G.G. came for the weekend!!

We had a great time! I can't believe my 84 year old grandmother came to Texas to visit us!! Luckily the weather was GREAT!

G.G. and AC got along famously...
Papa was a last minute addition. He drove down to be with us...and thank God because we went out to eat twice and someone had to pay...
Everyone went to C and AM's soccer games. The kids played great for their fans. C even scored a goal. AM dribbled the ball almost the WHOLE field...granted it was the wrong direction, but we were still proud.
I was amazed how well Papa and G.G. got along. I almost think that Papa made the drive just to have someone listen to a few of his lectures:)

Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween!!! We carved some awesome pumpkins again this year...starting with the skeleton...

And then...Of course...a MARIO!!! The theme for the whole Halloween!!!
Here are the kiddos getting some candy!!!
It is so wonderful that AM and C are fully understanding what it is to get candy on Halloween...
Here are the kiddos before we ventured out for the evening!! C is MARIO and AM is Princess Peach. AC?... Well, we are just glad AC decided to go along... We may play some video games around here!!

Pumpkin patch 2010

We went to the pumpkin patch again this year at C's school:) This is the scarecrow his class made for decoration.

Here is AM with a pumpkin she liked. Not her best picture ever, but this was not a stellar day for pictures for our fam...

Here is AC...She has been drooling sooo much!! She has to wear a bib all the time. This "Little Pumpkin" bib C wore when he was a baby 5 years ago!!

Honestly, this was the best picture of the kids...honestly!!

And the best family picture...

I think I am having trouble pushing Glacier's tribute down on my blog. That and I have been pretty busy, but I really don't want to visit my blog and not see it. Sweet girl. We buried her on Wed night in the back corner of our backyard. The kids spent the night at Granny and Pops, so they didn't find out until Thursday afternoon. We were so amazed at the way C reacted. He has such a big heart and said he missed her so much. That night he wanted to draw a picture of the family...including Glacier...

We have been trying to make sure Cedar is alright through all of this as well. He has been accompanying us on some of our outings so he wouldn't have to be alone. C amazed us again when he gave Cedar his "doggie" stuffed animal so he would not get lonely while we were all gone during the day.

AM has been sweet too, but she is too young to realize what it all means. AC, of course, has no idea, but C has just been SUCH an angel through everything!! We have found ourselves so undeserving to be his parents...