Thanksgiving in Alexandria

We went to Alexandria to spend Thanksgiving with Colin's family.

I started off the visit taking plenty of pictures and then lost focus.
I was too busy eating and napping.
Seriously, I took a nap everyday that we were there.
Amazing.
AMAZING!

Cynthia got the boys a playhouse that you color with crayons.
They colored and played their little hearts out.

We walked down to a neighbor's house (Ann) who had her grandchildren in as well.
We made pine cone bird-feeders.

Spent some more time coloring....

Played with the doggies

Played outside

It was so nice to have a yard to play in.

Also made a trip to the zoo...





Cooper took a ride on Pawpaw's shoulders

That's Jasmine with the boys - she and her dad (friends of Kevin) met us at the zoo.




Guess the sun was in their eyes. Whoops.

A very fun-filled week.
Back to reality today with school and cooking and the usual...

Austin's Birthday Party

Saturday we went to Austin's third birthday at Towne Lake Park (the duck pond, as we always call it). Boys had a blast on the playground as well as in the leaves!

This face is one full of JOY as he was about to throw the leaves up in the air.










Doritos and Bananas!


Birthday boy about to blow out the candles.

Attempting to take a picture with one of my children



Feeding the ducks and geese was all fun and games until a goose bit Cooper's hand.

Autumn Pictures

We recently had the boys pictures taken. Vanessa got some great shots of the boys, and we used a couple for our Christmas card pictures. Hard to believe how much they have grown in a year (compared to our family picture at the top of our blog).

Here are some of my other favorites...

(Jack and Coop were trying to tickle Charlie, not strangle him)