We got back on Wednesday from a WONDERFUL trip to Texas!!! We had so much fun. We spent the first few days in Austin. We had Thanksgiving with my mom, two brothers, sister and their families. Then, on Sunday, we left for Dallas and spent a few days there with my sister, Amanda, and best friend, Cassie. Here's a picture of me & my brother John! He is the worldest greatest brother and friend!
Here's a picture of my mom with all of her grandkids!!! Amanda is holding Aliyah, Grandma is holding Edith and Maya is standing between Justin & Ashley. We had a few basketball games with Justin and Ashley....wow they are good!!!
My sister Amanda, with her husband Jeff and their daughter Edith.
Justin & Amanda at Thanksgiving dinner!
During our trip in Dallas, we stopped by some old friends of mine! While I was at Howard College (my first year of college in Big Spring, TX), this family pretty much adopted me!!! They fed me ALL the time and let me wash my clothes at their home. They were my family away from family and it was SO wonderful to see them. The are the Shuttlesworth family...Blake, Pam and Tara (their daughter Krystal had to get back to school....but I will see her next time!) Thanks again Pam for the wonderful dinner....thank you! thank you! We had such a wonderful time at your home!
Happy Birthday to you!!!! Aliyah turned a year old while we were in Texas! We celebrated her birthday at my best friend's house! Thanks Cassie for the princess party! And, I don't know what happened, but we didn't get one picture of us together!!!! I'm so sad. I didn't even get one of you looking at the camera....ahhh!
Here are our princesses! Maya, Ava & Sophia!!!! Aren't they precious! We love our girls!
Aliyah loves the books! It's all I can do to keep her from pulling every book off the shelf! :)
Here are the ladies who do the puppet shows...they are really talented.
And of course, the puppet show! Maya loves it so much that Ken decided to make her very own puppet show stage for Christmas...
We have tried to re-create a mini-library at home. I wish you all could have seen Maya's face when she say her puppet show on Christmas. Ken and I almost started crying when we saw how excited she was!!! It was a fun Christmas. Aliyah loves to play hide and seek in the curtains....which Ken sewed all by himself!!!!
Well, we did it! We finally got some updated family pictures! (Thanks to my sister-in-law Meghan). So, if you want, put your vote in for your favorite because Christmas cards are around the corner!!! Ahhhh!!! smile!
Ken used to line up his cars in a straight line as a little boy! Maya likes doing that with the animals. (By the way Aliyah came with us too of course! But, she slept almost the entire time!)
