Bink and Novemeber is over!

WOW! November is over!
I blinked it was gone. Never a dull moment in this house. Below are some of the highlights of the month:

Annabel got her first haircut.

How cute is she? She was so excited to get her hair cut. She always watches Daddy give William a haircut and has patiently waited for her turn. We made a BIG deal out of it- she thinks it was worth the wait.

How could you not sit still when you get to sit in a pink Barbi car AND watch Dora on the TV right in front of you. :)All trimmed up AND a purple Dragonfly clip= One happy girl

Coleson

Coleson is growing like a weed. He now takes a bath in tub... a blow up tub.

sits in a high chair
and started eating solids
Does he like it??
Not so much.
He has warmed up to eating solids and thus far he LOVES sweet potatoes

William

William's class at their Thanksgiving party

feasting away

The other day I could not find William when it was lunch time.
I looked all around and found him here.
He said "Mommy, it is such a beautiful day I was just enjoying the cool breeze. We don't get many days like this here."

THANKSGIVING
One of the many turkeys of the day-
our appetizer

Enjoying the view of turkey carving

Big kids decorated the table while we pulled everything out and carved the turkey.

toasting- she thinks it is "wine" aka sparkling apple cider

feasting on sweet potatoes

Turning on the Holiday Cheer

Picking out our tree

Saturday night we headed out to Marble Falls and enjoyed dinner out before we saw...

these amazing lights in Marble Falls.

It was a bit cold and windy which is not what we are use to. So we stopped at Starbucks for hot apple cider to keep us warm. We laughed that all we had were long sleeves, sweaters and scarfs. I thought we would be plenty warm. NOPE
How quickly we have adjusted to Texas weather.

huddle up

guess who is the cold one?

they were so sweet together-holding hands

May this season be a time filled with lots of joy, fun and remembering WHY we celebrate!

How our Saturday Mornings are spent...

William just completed 6 weeks of his FIRST experience with organized sports. We thought it would be great for him to try out a few sports before signing up for a whole season of just one. i9 Sports offers "clinics" for kids under 6. Each sport was 2 weeks long- soccer, flag football and basketball. When asked which was his favorite he said soccer. Ah- warms my heart since I loved soccer growing up. As much fun as he had, we are going to sit the winter season out and enjoy sleeping in and being leisure on our Saturday mornings.

William's team

dribbling

waiting for directions

SCORE

Review of the game

William is great at dribbling
This was a great experience for William.

October re-cap

October flew by! Each week was action packed.

William graduated to the next level in swimming!!!

i9Sports- clinics

6 weeks of sports broken into 2 weeks for each-

soccer, flag football, and basketball

We celebrated TEN years and treated ourselves to a night away- well with Coleson in tow. Our good friends watched William and Annabel for us. This was our first time ever leaving both kids with a non-family member. We all had a great time. The kids loved having a sleep over with their friends and Ryan and I enjoyed our 32 hours away.

In TEN years we have accomplished:
1. Ryan earned his Masters AND PHD
2. Traveled to: Tahiti, Hawaii, Germany, Spain, Australia, New York, Utah, and many more
3. 6 moves
4. 3 states
5. Bought and sold 3 homes
6. Got a dog
7. 3 kids in 5 years
8. Bridget retired from teaching
9. Lots of fun with friends and family
10. Learned how to say, "Ya'll"

Hanging out on Lake LBJ.

My love

Coleson enjoying just Mommy and Daddy

Grammy visits:

The Witte Museum- rock climbing

Up he goes

higher

add picture of getting closer

Almost to the top

Annabel graduates in swimming

Our children LOVE the water.

Train ride

ALL aboard
Pumpkin Patch:

The kids could pick any pumpkin as long as they could carry it. But I did let them use the wagon to carry it to the car.

Quick trip to CA:

I flew to CA for a quick weekend for the Women of Faith Conference in Sac.

What a fun packed weekend it was. So special to share the conference with my mom, Jackie and Amber, have aunties, uncles and cousins finally meet Coleson, AND celebrate Caelyn's 3rd birthday- all in 3 days. Coleson and I came home tired but full of wonderful memories!

Uncle D and Aunite Jackie

Beka, Uncle D, Kira, and Auntie Jackie

Papa getting his snuggle time

Beka could not get enough of Coleson

Coleson, Caelyn, Auntie Amber, Uncle Brian and Timothy

The birthday girl

Aunt Melinda came to help hold down the fort while I was away.

Coleson checking life out

what big ears you have

Do you know how hard it is to get a picture with 3 looking!

Brotherly love

The littlest pumpkin

Our darling PUMPKINS

One of the many pumpkins in the patch

What is this stuff?

Love Creek Orchard

Annabel, Coleson and I met some friends at this pumpkin patch. So fun to explore and spend the day with friends on a warm fall day. (In Texas it is near impossible to grow pumpkins. This "patch" ships their pumpkins in from Oregon. You can find all kinds of pumpkins in piles. We are still getting use to that!

Girl time

Luke, Reagan and Annabel

Howdy

Music time