Happy Thanksgiving!

This was our first Thanksgiving in Houston away from family so it was a little sad, but we made the best of it.

We had a big turkey dinner just for the two of us (can't really count Cole because he barely made a dent in all of the food we had.)

Tom made a delicious deep fried turkey (it is kinda hard to see in this picture because it blends in with our dark table)! If you are thinking the turkey looks burnt it's not it's just all that deep fried, yummy, goodness! If you have never had deep fried turkey I HIGHLY recommend it! Besides being delicious it also cooks very quickly. That is a plus!

I was quite pleased with all of the cooking we did and only forgot the vegi's and dip and eating only 45 minutes later than we had planned. We had to give ourselves a pat on the back for job well done!

Even though we missed our family in Utah it turned out to be a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving day with our own little family!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! LOVE THE BOOTHS!

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Yeah, Grandma!

Two weeks after Avery's birth my mom came out to meet her and to spend some time with us. She was our very first visitor since moving to Houston!

She helped me out a lot with both kids and loved every minute of it. Cole had a great time with his grandma and grandma had a great time with him. Lot's of hugs and play time! She loves being grandma!

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We took her to Galveston to see some of the damage caused by Ike since most of it is cleaned up around here. Then we stopped at the beach only long enough to take pictures because unfortunately it was cold and windy day.

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We met Mana, Annette and their boys at Space Center Houston where we took a tour of the mission control center, astronaut training center and rocket park where the huge Saturn V rocket is. It was fun for my mom to get to meet some of our friends here in Houston and to show her what Houston is a lot about.

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While she was here we wanted to have a Thanksgiving dinner together so Saturday night, Nov. 15th we had our Thanksgiving. Tom deep fried a turkey and with it were all of the fix ens. So yummy! And like always we all got completely stuffed, no pun intended!

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Sunday afternoon we took her back to the Hobby airport where we gave hugs and said our good byes, for now.

We had a fun time while she was here, even though it wasn't long enough.

We Love You Mom!

At the beach


Space Center Houston


We couldn't get Cole to look up to save our lives


This is the best we could get.
Doesn't everyone look so happy!


Grandma and Cole


Grandma and Avery

Grandma and two of the cutest grand kids!

New Addition

Cole has loved having his new baby sister around, for the most part. There are always the attention issues where he feels like he wants mom to pay more attention to him while she is feeding Avery. So fun! He is getting better.

When we first brought Avery home every time Cole saw her he would just smile and laugh. He wanted to hold her and touch her, he also wanted to play so we had to teach him to be soft with her, although his soft is still a little rough. He is going to be a great big brother!

My Cute Little Family!

Cole holding his baby sister

So Precious!

Sharing some gum

How Sweet It Is!

Back in Time

I got a little behind on my posts and I have no idea why! (wink! wink)

Lets back up a few weeks to Saturday, October 25th.

We had our ward Trunk-or-Treat that night so we ventured out to buy decorations for our car and candy for the kiddo's.

You'd think we would have been more prepared but we had other things on the mind.

By the time we got home, got ready, and got to the church we were two hours late. As you could guess everyone was leaving. We missed the WHOLE thing! So now we were stuck with three, HUGE, Sam's Club bags of candy. That was all we needed, the two of us and all that candy! Can you say BIG Butt!

We did get to have the fun of dressing up so the night wasn't a total waste.

Cole got woken up to get into his costume.
As you can see he wasn't very happy.

Once he got a look at himself in the mirror he was happy.



Cutest Monkey I Ever Did See.



Mama pumpkin and her Monkey.



One last shot of my pregnant belly.
This is probably the cutest this costume has ever looked
Tom would agree.
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Halloween night we used the decorations we bought for the Trunk-or-Treat to liven up our front courtyard which turned out good. I just didn't get pictures. Sorry! And it was our last hope for all that candy. Unfortunately we only had five kids come to the house. Looks like it's up to me and Tom to eat it ALL!

Sorry Jen, our teeth are going to be rotten by the time we get in to see you! :) We'll be good and brush.