Thanksgiving Week

Of school update! Okay so this week was only 2 days of school but they were eventful with SEVERAL trips to the Doctor.  The first one being Savanna who once again/still has strep so they put her on another antibiotic that is hopefully stronger and will work.  Payton was next and he too had strep and therefore we are all being treated for Strep!  Good grief.  What a way to start the week off.  We’ve been in the Dr. with one or both kids every week for the last few weeks.  I think they have their salary meet for the month just off us! Anyway everyone is taking their meds and were hoping we can kick strep out of our household! Otherwise it was a fun party at Payton’s school and well the joy of only 2 days of school!

If only all weeks were only 2 days of work/school!

Gaylord Texan

On Wednesday I was meeting some friends at the Gaylord to take their family photos so all four of us went out there as well and had a BLAST!  We took pictures first, then Scott and Sarah took the kids to the Ice Palace which was the Grinch and then the kids visited with the most amazing Santa and we got the BEST picture of them with Santa (though I have not scanned it in yet but I will soon!).  Anyway this Santa spent lots of time talking with both kids and the lady doing the pictures took several that were all great so it was hard to pick.  I was able to go to the side to snap a few of my own photos so you will see those and you can tell how cute they were! Okay partial mom again but hey it was a great day/night with friends!!!  Thanks Scott and Sarah for asking me to do your family pictures and for letting us spend the rest of the day/night with you guys.  We had a great time!!!!!!

Enough blabber…here’s the photos of the day!

A cute picture of Sarah and Savanna!

Payton being silly with Sarah!

This is the kids after going through the Ice Palace.  There are no pictures from inside because I didn’t go…but we are all scheduled to go together on the 19th so am sure I’ll have pictures then!

John thought he would be funny while waiting in line for Santa…well here you go Honey LOL

We are headed out to the Gaylord a few more times that I know of this holiday season, there is so much to see and SO MANY good photo ops! More to come later I’m sure!

Mat & Lindsay

On Thursday morning before all the Thanksgiving festivities began I met up with Mat and Lindsay to take their pictures.  Just thought I would share a few of my favorites!   Hope they don’t mind!

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And of course a collage to go with it!

Thanksgiving Day

On Thanksgiving Day we headed to my parents around Noon and then to have dinner at Meme and Pop’s around 4pm.  It was a great day full of family, food and LOTS and LOTS of things to be thankful for!  Hope everyone had as good a time as we did!

Here we are at my parents house!

Then it was off to Meme and Pop’s for dinner.

And did you know how FUN wood floors can be?  Just check it out!

Aren’t Aunts and Uncles the best…look at what they will do for their niece and nephew!   First the paddle boat and then the floor slide.  Thanks guys!  Also THANK YOU for all those that cooked, lord knows if I had cooked, we would of had Mac and Cheese from a box with PB&J and for dessert, probably frozen pizza! LOL  It was all delicious!

More Socks and Bows

Okay so here’s some more random socks and bows and one other outfit I recently made! Just sharing my randomness!   Many of these are ones people ordered.

I made these for all the little girls in her dance class for Halloween instead of candy.

And by request…Dallas Cowboys ones!

And the outfit for Savanna I made!

And a random Tutu I made for her this week as well!

Festival of Lights

On Friday night we headed to downtown Fort Worth to see the Festival of Lights.  The weather was so good apparently everyone had the same idea so not many good pictures, but a few to mark the moment!  Payton’s favorite part….Captain and the Rangers Float…Savanna’s favorite part…SANTA at the end and a close tie with Captain (Which is what she’s asking for for Xmas…YIKES!).

So for the pictures, I was literally holding up my camera and randomly shooting…the kids were on shoulders so totally able to see, which was the important part.  And thank you Scott and Sarah for taking turns holding them on your shoulders!

And when we got home they both snuggled into their jammies and looked so cute I took a few pictures! HA HA

Anyway that was the fun Friday night!

Landing

Okay so as many may or may not know (of course we did! LOL) Space Shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida on Saturday and as we all know Commander Stevens was NOT going to miss it.  He was up at 630am determined to not miss a landing that was scheduled for 830am.  He was suited and ready for a successful touchdown and you know how it makes me laugh so had to show pictures! He woke his sister, Pilot Stevens up early as well to make sure she could pilot them home! HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!  Here’s a few pictures of their landing! They have such amazing and accurate imaginations!  Of course could be the HOURS he spends daily reading the internet, books and making his own books, drawings and replicas!

Yep that is the NASA channel on his TV as it enters the atmosphere!

I’m thinking we might have to invest in another space helmet! LOL

Till next mission…you know he’s already counting down! LOL

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa!

On Saturday it was my dad’s birthday so we all meet up at Denny’s for breakfast and then headed off to the newly redone Childrens Science and History Museum.  It was a blast!  One of the new exhibits was CSI.  You got to solve a crime using different things.  Anyway John took the kids to the more kid friendly part while the rest of us solved a murder case!

Payton was in heaven at the Planetarium talking to the worker…of course Payton did all the talking and explaining of everything! LOL

After solving the case I headed out to find John and the kids and they went back in and solved another case.

You decide who had more fun with the blocks!

And my daughter who wouldn’t dance on stage decided to stand on the chair and “shake her booty” and announce it just like that to the room!

This part was making your own pin ball machine.  You moved the pieces around to see what noises you could get it to make and see where the balls would hit.

This was pretty impressive, she only fell ones and she went back and forth.

Random pictures and its odd I know but I liked it for some reason!

The Birthday Boy!

Digging for Dinosaur bones.

While Savanna continued to shop with Nana the rest of us went to a 4D movie on Natural Gas.  It was interesting actually and fun!

Okay did I mention Payton wasn’t too keen on the idea of this film but when he got in and they said “R U ready to take a journey through space” his glasses went on so fast and a HUGE smile came on too!

And at the end we went into the gift store to slide down the cool slide!

Anyway thanks Dad for letting us spend your birthday with you.  We all had a blast and they really did a great job on the museum.  The kids had a blast and we’ll for sure be going back!

When we got home from the museum we put up not one but 2 big christmas trees, BUT that’s for another night…I’m exhausted after all these updates! It was a busy weekend but a FUN extra long weekend.  A thank you to my hubby who so graciously went along with all the plans! What a good sport you were.  Love you!

The Week before Thanksgiving

Okay well that’s the best title I could come up with for this weeks update.  This week didn’t hold to much excitement.  I subbed all week, 3 days in Art at Payton’s school which was great because I got to teach him again.  Payton complained of ear aches all week so finally took him in on Friday but all looks good so thinking maybe its his jaw due to his “big” teeth coming in.  Otherwise it was a pretty uneventful week of the usual!  Enjoy this weeks photos.  I took lots of photos of Payton and his friends in class while I taught him!

Teaching Payton’s Art Class.

They were working on their fundraiser art work that will be sold on different things at the beginning of the year…they had to draw either a rainbow, butterfly or sun…but you can bet Payton threw in his 2 favorite things somewhere…space and baseball! LOL

She always cracks me up with her “bebe’s” she carries!

Here’s the only one of him Friday since as you can tell his ear was hurting and he wanted to lay on his tappie!

And she was a CRACK UP as always…posing herself! LOL

After school on Friday’s is dance lesson days and she LOVES going, even if she doesn’t like to dance on stage, apparently she does very well in class and LOVES it!  Look how sinkin’ sassy she is!? She makes me laugh she’s so cute!!!!!!!!

And her she is with her little dance friends walking between classes!

So there you have it in a nutshell…our week!

Second Visit

Jeff, Tammie, Madison & Austin had a layover here again on the way home so we of course took the opportunity to meet up with them again- – - and of course got more pictures!

It was so great to see them…I wish they lived closer!