3rd time's a charm, eh???

I've tried to upload these pics on several different occasions, and have been distracted, or the internet has pooped, and so on, so finally, here's a few weeks of fun...

Ma's bday. I won't tell you how young she is, but she's not quite half a century! We went to a new Indian rest and then went to see Bond, sortof a family tradition, they always come out around ma's bday. LOVED spending time with ma and the fam.

JD play. It was so fun to see her do her best. she carried those fake ties like a pro! and her red hat looked awesome, simply resting atop her thick ponies. and she sang the whole time. it was pretty darn neat. she did great!

Thanksgiving.

pre thanksgiving day - L, S & I made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers for the after-thanksgiving dinner-project. it was fun just to hang out with the gals. ever burnt sugar for glue? super fun! watch your fingers! we made 20-something. and went through 5 or 6 boxes of grahams, there were mostly broken. very rewarding project. I also made little turkey name tags for all 27 people that were to be attending. I gave up on actually putting names on them, but were just so cute by themselves. i'm a freak, you know! got the house very tidy and neat, well, hid things in all sorts of places to make it look that way anyway. FUN

the day - had the fam all over. it wasn't as stressful as i had originally thought it would be. ate, helped kids with castles, enjoyed watching the ping pong tourney. everyone enjoyed that, it seemed. that even made us nearly forget about PIE, can you believe it??? good times good times! seriously considering doing that again...

Joelissa came for the holiday. i love it when they come. the kids just play and we can just visit and relax. aaah. nice...

B's finally learned to go down the stairs, she still doesn't go down on her belly, she goes forward, so I'm still super paranoid. but atleast she's doing it! she's also gotten 2 new molars. that's fun. she can say "co" for cozy. and loves panda bears. (no, i haven't really brainwashed her or anything, really) hmm.

things are going for us. crazy times ahead. pressing forward.

gt out