The coolest parade

When we go to Thanksgiving in Austin, we usually go to the 'Blue Santa Parade' downtown. It is so much fun--just because they have REAL floats! The kids get to give a gift for kids that won't be getting much for Christmas, so it's a great learning experience with giving, too. Love it! Here are just a few fun pics:

Mr. Potato Head:

Horton:Tall princess:Care bear with Jodee and her only girl cousin:Dylan and 2 of his cousins:

What fun! We saw some pretty neat floats, had some fun with all of our cousins (Dustin had to stay home with Mimi and Pawpaw--he was sick!), and then went to eat pizza!!! Check out how BIG this pizza is:

So much fun! Heading back to Austin this weekend...looking forward to it!

Dear Santa,

Jodee's letter to Santa was in the Edmond newspaper this past week. I love the fact that they left it the way it was written--SO cute!

In case it is too hard to read, I typed it below. She has such a sweet heart!

Dear Santa,

This year I have been VERY Good. This year I wold like a uneven Bar, and a new bike, and a real Bunny. And a Bunny is something That I realy realy want. I want a I pods. I Love Christmas.

from,

Jodee

Take this!

When we went to get pictures with Santa, we were all there, waiting in line, and I snapped this picture of Rudy sticking his tongue out at Abby (my aunt's dog). Thought it was way too funny not to share!

Santa 09

We got the kids' picture with Santa tonight at the mall...ALL of our 'kids'!!! They had dog/cat night tonight, and my aunt talked me into it! It was SO funny walking through the mall with our dogs, and my aunt with her dog--we got some funny comments and looks! Mostly nice....some not so nice. I couldn't quit laughing!

The kids loved seeing Santa and telling him their one 'want' for Christmas. Thankfully, it was all things I had heard over the past month or so. Santa will do a good job this year!

Here's the pic...couldn't have done any better!

Technology. BLAH!

Well, it may be a while before I post a 'real' post with pictures and all. Our computer is broken! We will be taking it in to hopefully pull everything off of the hard drive (fingers are crossed!).

Well, while I'm on here, might as well say a few things. We got back from Austin yesterday, had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Josh's family! I am so blessed to have such loving in-laws! Had a blast going shopping Friday morning. Whew...some people are CRAZY! We had a great time and got some good deals. Our drive home was fun. Dylan had a stomach problem a few hours into the drive, but seemed fine after we stopped on the side of the road for his stomach to rid itself of any food he may have eaten. At least we made it OUT of the car! Then, we stopped for dinner, and thinking he was feeling better, and might want some sprite, gave him a huge cup of sprite, which he promptly drank ALL of, and then we stopped at least 4 times for potty breaks during the next 2 hours! It was funny--he kept saying "I accidentally drank to much.....aaaaaahhhhhhh......" Poor guy! At least he's a boy. And can potty anywhere!

Well, as I'm home on Mondays, I decorated the inside of the house. Yippee! I love decorating for Christmas. The kids will love it when they come home from school. Then Josh and the kids will do the lights on the house this afternoon. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

OC Eagles, Go! Go!

I love OC homecoming!! I don't usually get to go, I'm usually at a gymnastics meet. Somehow, this year, I didn't have to make the drive out to Clinton, OK to judge!! I was happy to get to spend the day with my precious family. We actually started the festivities Friday night at the pep rally. Boy, being in that gym brings back memories!! I loved cheering for OC basketball. I made some great friends through cheerleading! After the pep rally, they had sparklers and s'mores. The kids loved it!
The next day was homecoming. Josh got to go to a Kappa breakfast. He enjoyed seeing old Spring Sing videos and meeting up with some good friends from a long time ago. We then went to the parade. Let me just say, more candy? Really? We don't need more candy!! But, it was great fun for the kids! Then, the moon bounces, horse back rides, free lunch, who could ask for more?Here are my OC eagles......O, C, and the infamous "Talon":I love these next pics of the kids on the obstacle course. They were going SO fast!We went to the girls and boys basketball games (won both! woohoo!) but, by the middle of the 2nd half of the boys game, this is Dylan lying on the bleachers. Thankfully we were at the top not bothering anyone around us!

Go OC!

Halloween 09

This first pic show the results of our Halloween.....TONS of candy!! They got SO much!Some of the fun things we did, like carved pumpkins (sorry for the bad quality of this pic):Dustin did his completely on his own, fiery eyes and all, Jodee's is a girl with hair and a bow, and Dylan's is a spider, done by Dad:We always go visit one of Josh's former co-workers--who goes ALL out on decorating, scaring, feeding, etc. It's so much fun!! This picture is just a peek of the extensive decorating he does....can you see the body parts in the real popcorn machine? This is in his front yard, with a million other things to look at!!

Here are my kiddos dressed up.....#1, a ninja:#2 Demi Lovato ( a singer for those of you non-Disney channel people)#3 Iron Man. And, yes, for you observant blog readers, he was dressed as Hulk on Halloween night up above...but his plan was for Iron Man. He just changed his mind the night of trick-or-treating.And, I have to end this post with one of the cutest dogs I've ever seen, just after a bath. Check out those ears and that beard!!!!