Monday, November 23, 2009

Amy and Holden's visit

My cousin Amy from California is in town for a visit with her 7 month old, Holden. She left Isabella at home so she wouldn't miss her Thanksgiving activities at school. Audrey was sure missing her girl cousin time. We met at Chris and Ellen's house, our other cousins for a little playtime and lunch. The big boys played really well together and Audrey spent most of her time outside picking berries. Gavin, Holden and Turner are going to be little trouble makers I'm sure when they get a little older. Holden is 2 months younger than Sutton, I can't believe how much bigger he is and Mr. Turner is still a little baby baby...I so miss those days. Sutton wanted to tackle Holden and knocked him over at one point. I'm sure Holden will be able to get him back one of these days. I'm so glad we got a cute picture of all 3 of them together. Little cousins, so cute!!!!

Holden and Amy

Turner, Sutton and Holden

The boys

Gavin showing Gregory all the cool games on Mommy's phone
Cheese!!!!

Praline Sweet Potatoes

I have so many people ask me for this recipe every year so I decided to post it and share with everyone. This is the yummiest sweet potato recipe EVER!!!! I got it from a friend of mine at her wedding shower in New Orleans. I now make it every Thanksgiving. I love it so much more than the regular sweet potatoes that are usually made or yams as they are called. You know the ones with the marshmellows on top. Yuck!!! Everybody should try these this year. It's like a sweet potato dessert!!! Ok, here goes.

3 cups (mashed) canned sweet potatoes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk

Topping:
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans

To mashed sweet potatoes, add sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and milk. Mix and put in 13" x 9" baking dish.

Topping:
Melt butter and stir in remaining ingredients. Sprinkle on top of potato mixture.

Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees

ENJOY!!!!!!!

TCU Game-Utah

Gameday at TCU?? What? So exciting!!! Steven and a friend of his, Dave, decided to make a sign together. They came up the idea to have Gary Patterson pulling his pants up and down b/c if you don't watch TCU football Coach Patterson is always pulling his pants up during the game. So creative! They worked so hard on it and were incredibly proud of themselves. I still can't believe they pulled it off. It was for sure one of the favorites at GameDay. They were interviewed by ESPN and mentioned in the article. Here is the link to the article http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/columns/story?columnist=durrett_richard&id=4657392

Here is also the link to their video on YouTube with "Pants" Patterson in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T38X-6f3OWA

I'm so proud!!!! He and Dave were up at 4AM to get a good spot and then the rest of us went up about 8:30. Then we had tailgating and the game the rest of the afternoon. Needless to say, Steven was wiped by the end of the night.

GO FROGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





My Little Spiderbabies

The other day the kids were playing dress up and Gavin and Audrey put on the Spiderman costumes. Gavin has two so Audrey always has one. I remembered that we had a smaller one that was passed on to us from some friends so I dug it out for Sutton. What a cute little Spiderbaby he was. This is an effort at getting a picture of all 3 Spiderbabies. Not so hot but that's ok, they are all still pretty adorable.






Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Leaves

Oh my gosh we have so many leaves we don't know what to do with them. I have bagged and bagged and bagged and everyday we seem to get so much more. The trees are almost bare so it's about time for us to be done with the leaves. The kids love playing in them. Hiding toys, hiding themselves, each other, splashing around like they are in a pool. What a joy to watch. What is it about leaves that make a great photo opp. I absolutely love all of these pictures! Of course, Sutton is once again, taking a nap. Darn it!!! I have to get him out there too before they are all gone.





Sutton's First Bath in the Big Tub

Sutton took his first bath in the big bathtub. He didn't know what to think. I bathed him in the tub that fit over the sink for 8 months which is so much longer than I did with Gavin and Audrey. He can actually splash and play and he gets to take a bath with his sister which he loves, as does she. I had to get a couple of shots of his milestone first big boy bath.


Audrey with straight hair

Well Little Miss Audrey has been wanting me to straighten her hair for quite sometime, I finally took the time to do it. So pretty!!!! I couldn't believe how soft, long and blond her hair is. She looks so different!




Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween

We had a busy Halloween weekend this year. We went to Frogfest Friday night and the kids got to wear their costumes and play all sorts of fun games and play in the jump houses. We also got free tickets to the game on Saturday, bonus! Then Saturday, of course, we went to the game. This was the first game of the season that we took the kids with us. They had so much fun!!! We went down Frog Alley, watched a great football game against UNLV and then their friends Caleb, Emerson and Sawyer got their about halftime. They were so excited to have their friends there. After the game we quickly came home, had a bite to eat and put their costumes on for a round of trick or treating. We took them down to Tanglewood to a friends house. They block off the entire street so no cars can pass through which is so nice. By the time we made it over there most of the houses lights were off or they had already run out of candy. The kids didn't seem to care one bit and I was happy not to bring home gobs of candy. All in all a great Halloween.



This is my attempt at getting a picture of all 3 of them. Not so great.