Monday Dec 1st

We dropped Kent and the girls off at the airport this morning after taking Heather to school. She was a little sick this weekend, but I went ahead and chanced that she would be OK, and she was. They wrote Christmas letters to Santa today, so I am glad she did not miss it. We decorated the Christmas tree for FHE tonight.

Galviston

Rainforest Cafe and the Beach.

The cousins are here!

Tuesday Nov 25th
Took Laura and James this morning in the bike trailer – still in PJ’s wrapped up in the sleeping bag. It was cold out! Diana got to ride in the bike trailer to pick Heather up after school (she was still asleep when we left in the morning). Heather's Thanksgiving meal at school - Doug stayed at home with Kent, so I got to go by myself. It was nice to do something with just Heather. They made cute little Thanksgiving T-shirts, and had a little video of all the kids saying what they were thankful for. Heather said she was thankful for friends. The girls were all thankful for God, for family, for brothers and sisters, mom and dads. A good portion of the boys were thankful for food, and video games. Difference between boys and girls I guess!







I packed a picnic lunch for everyone else, we went for a greenbelt walk and fed the Nutria from old pancakes. There was a cop standing on the bridge, but he let us feed them. Then we walked all the way up to the park by the church. It was really a nice day out.







Chaco with his haircut, howling the whole way. Luckily our new neighbors also have dogs – two little chiwowows who also bark. Hopefully Chaco will not bother them too much.

Reflections Contest

Heather made a new picture for the reflections contest. We almost missed it, Heather skipped school on Monday, so we did not get the take home notes at the beginning of the week. She had to put this together all in one night. I think it turned out neat though. The theme this year is "WOW!". Heather's piece is titled "Nature". The descript is: "A tree that is taller than the world's tallest tower. Almost taller than the stars. wow!. At first she wanted to do a creature from a book she had read that is made up of all mixed up animal parts. We decided not to do it because it would be copying the book. Then she wanted to do a horse because she likes horses, but horses are more of an "awe" than a wow. We were talking while driving around in the car. She looked out the window at the trees, and that is when she came up with her idea.