Thanksgiving

Our 3rd weekend to be gone in November was for a trip to Bartlesville for Thanksgiving.
Here are all the cousins...
My dad's parents...

The kids insist on taking two of every picture these days...

I didn't shrink this picture in case you wanted a close up! I had a sliver of every single dessert!!
Chocolate layered pound cake, pumpkin, pecan, cherry, and blueberry pie, and another blueberry dessert. Yummy!!

Game time. Another round of Left Right Center but using chips instead of money. We also played Imagine If which is a GREAT game if everyone knows everyone fairly well. We didn't play Encore this time, but its an awesome game as well. I recently learned how to crochet a hat and it seems as though it evolved into an addiction during this trip...The tan scarf and hat were given to my little sis. The pink and red hat is Avery's and the others are just chillin' right now. I need to make some cute flower clips or something to go with them and then give them away.
(I win the Who Was The Biggest Dork During Thanksgiving Award) My cousins, Jared and Arianna watched Home Alone with the kids, took them outside to swing, and watched them ride the power wheels. They were great help. Zane called Jared his buddy and stayed attached to him the whole time. You can kinda see Zane is holding Jared's arm even during the movie!

When the company left, it was work time for the boys. My dad had dug a ton of holes...They mixed up the concrete...

Got string and levels, and went to work...

Here we are sitting on the finished deck of the soon to be most amazing playhouse ever. Pretty sure it's going to be like the Swiss Family Robinson's when it's done. Oh, I don't want to forget to add...I drilled in SEVERAL screws as well. Just didn't want anyone to forget...

Great trip as well but I am ready to be home and do nothing for a weekend. This past weekend I went to after hours and the ER, so I still have not gotten our Christmas tree up. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to...along with enjoy some relax time.

Road Trip to Austen's Birthday

Another weekend in November, I drove 4 crazy kiddo's to Dallas! I was telling them how I didn't get a cell phone until I was 16! L said..."I don't mean this rude, but you're kinda an old lady...you were born in like the 19's...and people didn't have cell phones back then. That's why." Ha! I guess he has a point. I almost told him I never had a pager either...but he's probably never heard of that. I just let him win that one! This is how they slept. We like to tie Zane's hands behind his back so he can't get up...
(That's a joke OKDHS)

This is also where I slept!

We woke up and went here!! I'm so glad Amy has Austen's bday's at fun places, so I don't have to do them!

Pretty good pizza I have to say...

The big 5 year old.

Z and I rode a go cart and I floored it the whole way never letting up. I'm kinda wild and crazy like that.

Avery rode with one of Amy's friends...

The older ones wanted to pay to climb the rock wall. I guess you have to be 10 in order to do that...so they decided they were 10 year old twins. I let them. I'm aunt rebel.

Saying goodbye and heading home...

Happy Birthday Austen! Grow a lot so we can continue getting your hand me downs :)

Silver Dollar City

November has been a crazy month. My parents and three sisters all made a trip down to Silver Dollar City for a weekend....My dad gets condo and we show up!! Here we are making a YUMMY dessert! It's all kinds of brownie peanut butter goodness!!

Going into the park...First up...Saloon show. It's always a wait, so we take turns standing in line and roaming the park. Here is Z and Brant standing in line...precious! Then while mom and dad waited, we took the kids on this ride...Avery and Britt above. Zane and Brant below. You pull yourself up then you fall down!

We make it into the show and ended up getting right by the stage with the overflowing root beer float of course...

This girl would wink at Zane or get real close to him and it always made him smile and shyly look away!

Brant with the Saloon girls! He actually got told "nice sweater" and his head rubbed with a feather boa during the show! I knew it would be a good idea for him to wear the sweater...Britt tried to talk him out of it!

We then rode Fire in the Hole. Avery was a little scared...

and Zane was bawling by the time it was over...

The camera got put on the wrong setting, but it still captured Wes's awesome posing skillz...

More rides...

I just realized all these pics are of the bugs lowered. They all go up if you push the button!

Now for dinner. Man I could use some yummy family feud right now. It is a sin to go to SDC and not get family feud and an apple dumpling! The camera just can't do this tree justice. Right before this picture was taken, we were watching the tree's light show to music. Zane was standing on a bench jumping up and down to the music and just fell right off the bench. Poor guy. It was pretty funny to watch and he recovered quickly.

We always have to go through grandpa's house...

This mirror pops up with an ugly witch lady's face when you stand right in front of it. Pretty funny. I missed the witch, but got Avery's reaction!

Grandpa's bed is very hard to get out of...It looks like its level, but the whole house is built on different angles. His bed is actually leaning back pretty far, giving your abs a nice workout...

We can't leave without checking out the glass blowing. So awesome. I want to try this some day...

Playing a little Left, Right, Center. The kids loved it, but Zane was VERY upset he didn't win the pot. I won it though. A big $27!! Cute cousins...

On our way home, we ate at Lamberts. Each plate has enough food to feed a family of 4! Great trip like always!