Our Early Thanksgiving!

Our family decided to have an early Thanksgiving today. Some of us have to work, some are going to the Cowboys game, and some of us are celebrating Aunt Myra and Uncle Don's 50th Wedding Anniversary. I won't say who is doing what, but we were very thankful to get together today! We ended up with 30 people at Granna and Gramps house!!! YOWZA! How our family has grown over the years and we are so thankful for everyone.

Gramps and Uncle Dick were talking and hanging out with the kids out back. These are two amazing men! Here is Gramps and our newest addition, Autumn. The kids were having a blast racing together. It was hysterical seeing them use a spoon for their "race flag". It was so fantastic to see Rene and Don at Thanksgiving too! They live so close, yet we do not see them enough. We loved visiting and talking today! Sisters! Aunt Martha and Aunt Sue surprised Granna today! We were so happy that they drove up to be with all of us. We were so glad to have the extra mouths because we cooked enough to feed an army! You young ladies look awesome and we were so thankful everyone could be together today. Mike, Makaila and Makenzi were hanging out and enjoying some family time. Cute little Kenneth is one big dude! Can you believe that he is two months younger than Laela? Oh man...his eyelashes are awesome!

Happy Birthday, Madelynn...

It is a little early, but Happy 2nd Birthday, Sweet Madelynn. Today we got to join the Eung's (and about 80 other people!) in celebrating Madelynn's 2nd birthday. The theme was bugs because Madelynn loves bees and other little bugs. :) The birthday girl and her daddy were so glad that the party day was finally here! There was a balloon man making butterflies, ladybugs, dragonflies and other fun animals. HA! HA! Laela asked for a dog! There was a little bit of time spent in the jumphouse. Then off to the crafts! Brooke did a super job with little activities for the kids to work on and stay busy. Laela planted a bean seed, created a stamp bug picture and took advantage of a few of the bug stickers too!At each craft table, there were little aprons for the kids to wear too. Very cute!These two pictures are just because...first one because I LOVE Laela's curls and I hope they stay forever...Second one because I LOVE this little girl! How beautiful is she?

Dallas Zoo in November!

WOW! What a fantastic day to go to the zoo! The weather was perfect and there were hardly any people there. (Okay, 1/2 the zoo was closed to prepare for a gala, but we only had to pay 1/2 price so that was fine with us! Besides...there is no way we would have made it through the whole zoo.) Anyway, the Parker's invited the Murthy's to join them this morning at the zoo, and Laela HAPPILY accepted! I will let the pictures expain it all. But just incase you were wondering...we had a BLAST!Wouldn't this make the cutest "Juicy Juice" billboard picture? We just got a new camera lens last week and Ro was playing around when he took this picture. I don't know what kind of bird it is, but the picture turned out great!Laela rode a horse for the first time today! She did great, even at the end when the horse sneezed and she almost shivered right out of her shoes! Then I told her the horse sneezed and she said "bless you!" Little fact for you...Which of these are chicken eggs?All of them! Chicken eggs come in all colors and sizes. Interesting, huh?
Leaving the zoo today, Laela gave Liam a hug and said "Liam, I had fun at the zoo today!" Oh my. What an awesome way to spend a Saturday after this long, crazy week.

Ceramic Dog!

Here is the finished dog creation from 2 weekends ago... She said she made it with "spots like Allie Mae." Hmmm... (FYI: Not sure why we used red for our color palette. The dog is not bleeding.)