Thanksgiving

My Great Aunt Oddlee, Me, Angie, Dawn (cousin), Mom, Janet (cousin)



Ryder, Sienna, Lainey (Dawn's daughter), Mia, Halle, Jayda



Angie, My mom, Me



Angie & the girls (Ryder never wants to participate!)


Laura, Angie, Ryder, Me, Renata, Nelson, Sienna
My Dad, Jayda, Halle, Mia


I don't even know where to start. Thursday, my sister came in, so we picked her up at the airport in Houston and drove all the way to my mom's house for Thanksgiving. It wasn't too bad of a drive and it was fun to all be together. We had yummy food, a hay ride, and visited with my side of the family. Friday, some of my other cousins drove up to my mom's to see us and my sister, so we visited with them all day, took another hay ride :), ate some more and played my mom's new Wii. It was a fun couple of days. Saturday we drove home, to wash some laundry and get ready for school Monday. Sunday was a day at my dad's house, so my sister could visit with him and his family. Also, we had our two best friends from High School and their kids there to eat and visit. We did a lot of eating and visiting...and DRIVING. But it was fun. Now we are going to rest for a week.

There are way too many pics, so I only post a few! Sorry!!!

Grandparent's Day

Today was Grandparents day at school. Luckily, Grandma wasn't leaving for Utah until tomorrow so she could make it. The girls' classes had Thanksgiving programs and songs and Grandma got to eat lunch with them in the cafeteria!

Happy Grandparents Day! The girls are blessed to have 6 Grandparents!!!!! Too bad they all couldn't come!

Happy Birthday to Ben!

Although my father-in-law's birthday isn't until Wednesday, we celebrated it today. For many reasons. This past weekend, our ward split. Our previous 2 wards in College Station became 3. People in all wards were realigned and moved around. My father in law was made a Bishop in one of the wards, so his oldest son (my brother in law, Casey) flew in to surprise him Saturday, to be here for his setting apart on Sunday. It was a fun surprise for all of us. :) The girls have loved having "Uncle Casey" here and barely gave him a seconds rest when we were around him. :) So today, we had dinner at the Roadhouse (where else?) for Ben's birthday celebration. ( on wed, he will be busy at church with Bishop duties...and Casey will be gone). So we went out tonight and it was lots of fun. We hope Grandpa had a great birthday and we will miss Uncle Casey.
Here are a few pics of the fun. (In this pic, Ryder's mouth is full of a roll! :)



PS. We are now in a different ward than my in-laws. :( Pooper!

Happy Sunday Halloween!

After going to church, we had my dad and Laura, and Grandpa and Grandma Cluff over for some fun Halloween games! :) It was a fun day!

Here are some treats I made for Young Women. ( Too cute not to post!) They were Rice Krispy treats dipped in chocolate. Yummy.


Our first game was "Tragic Sam." We believe the parts in these brown bags were what is left of his body. (Everyone guess what was really the body parts....) Priceless!
Then we had a race to "mummify" the "Grandpas!" And of course Halloween is not complete without a doughnut eating contest! :)

Too Many pictures, so enjoy the slide show! :)

Trunk or Treat

Oh what fun!

This was our trunk:




And these were our treats!!! :)

The Carnival

When did carnivals become soooo expensive????? Well, we couldn't drive past it a hundred times and not stop. So as part of our Halloween fun weekend, we took the kids and let them all ride a few rides! They had fun. Even Ryder loved it! :)

Angie & Her Hubby

My friend Angie, from Arizona, is moving with her new hubby, Jason, to Virginia. She stopped through College Station so we could meet him. They came over for dinner and we played games! Super fun!!!!!

A Halloween Tradition