Happy Thanksgiving!!

Bags packed, car loaded, kids occupied with electronics, we left for the ranch on Tuesday after school. With George Bush opened all the way to 30, it made for a quick escape from Plano. We made the trip in about 5 1/2 hours, which isn't too bad considering that we stopped a couple of times, it was dark which is a slower speed limit, and we were constantly on the lookout for deer. When we were leaving Comanche and headed toward Brownwood we saw the biggest buck on the side of the road. Chris and I agreed that was probably going to be the biggest deer that we saw on our trip :)

I'm looking forward to hanging out with Chris and the kids on the ranch today. I'm thinking of my friends who have lost loved ones this year. It is going to be a tough day for them and I wish you a day filled with remembering old times and making new memories of your own.

Today we're going to attempt to take some family pictures for our Xmas card this year, ride out on the land looking for critters, and watch some football. GO BRONCOS!!!

p.s. Chris was so disgusted with the Broncos after last Sunday's game that he changed his shirt when it was over. That was a first for me and I am hoping that he gets to wear his shirt ALL day today!

A lot to catch up on....

I don't really even know where to start. Our life right now is full of games, games, practices, and more games. Grace had a FANTASTIC weekend of games. We've had to make up all of the games from the rain, which led to a game on Thursday, one on Saturday, and one more on Sunday. She had 3 goals this weekend. Two on Saturday and another one on Sunday. She was ON FIRE!! Fun times!!

Caden is still going through phases. He's really particular about everything. Sometimes love and logic just doesn't work.

Remy is proving to be a silly dog. She is getting the hang of the potty training, and is even doing a great job on her leash. We are still working on the "down" and not jumping on the kids, but it's a work in progress. Her latest trick is to climb the rock wall on our swing set. Yes, you read that correctly. She goes up and down the rock wall. The first time she went down the slide, but after that she decided to just jump. Now, she goes up AND down the rock wall. She's really starting to mellow out some, and she is a very loving dog.

Grace decided that she wanted to be the Twister game board this year, and Caden wanted to be scary. It's funny that he chose that since he won't go into a dark room by himself right now :)

We've had lice go through our house, the kids went to Disney for a week with Gma Mem and Granddad, and they both had Flu A. We're ready for the holidays and some down time. I am even thinking of getting out the X-Mas decorations next week so that they'll be ready to go when we get back from Ann's at Thanksgiving. I haven't done a lick of shopping, but I figure that it'll all get done. Happy Monday!!