November update

11/30 - I got to work out in the morning which was great.  Just a few of us there after Thanksgiving.   Then got ready and Kids and we headed to get Grammy.  We had decided to go to Magic Time Machine for fun.  I remember going there several times as a kid with my grandparents and friends and loved it.   We were talking that first time we went with my grandparents, we had Mork from Mindy and Mork as our waiter.   I remember my grandmother laughing so hard, we were all crying from laughing so much.   Unfortunately there were very few people there.  We had Nacho Libre for waiter, he was ok but couldn't understand everything he was saying.   We had a coupon that we had to spend a certain amount the use the coupon so we went big.  Landon got a crazy drink the bubbled (he didn't like it - sprite and orange juice).  we got the Roman Orgy which was a ton of food,  chicken and brisket, potatoes, vegetables and a bunch of fruit.  It was actually pretty good.  We had a great time.

After lunch we went back to Grammy's so the kids could play for a while.    Landon worked on a lego and then we got Grammy's Christmas stuff down.  Kasey and Landon helped Grammy decorate her tree which was fun.

Then when we got home we decorated our tree.  We did it upstairs this year to keep it away from Patch, who knows what she will do.   Kids had apple cider, I had egg nog and we played Christmas music while we decorated.  Kids had fun finding all their ornaments from over the years and putting them up.

11/28 - Kasey turned 5 years old today.  We told her she wouldn't really turn 5 until 3:28pm so she asked almost all day if she was 5 yet.  She found her new Rasor first thing in the morning.  Landon has one and they fight over it outside so we thought they needed a 2nd one.

We had some quick breakfast then spent time cleaning up the house to get ready for everyone coming over.   We had few things to cook and then we were ready.  We have 13-15 people at the house from noon til about 5.  It was nice for everyone to get to visit, eat good food and watch some football.
After lunch we sang happy birthday to Kasey with candles in pumpkin pie.   Everyone had good dessert - we had pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie and Jeff Davis Pie.   all good and homemade
We cleaned up a little and then opened presents for Kasey's birthday.   She had made little pieces of paper with scribbles and letters on them for each family that got her a gift.  It was pretty cute.  she was excited about her gifts and some of them Landon was even more excited because he was going to get to  play with them as well.

Over all it was a great day.  We have so much to be thankful for!

11/27 - I got to take the day off so we had good day.  We started off with family breakfast.  We all went  to lunch at Freebirds which we don't get to do very often.   Kids were funny fighting over who gets to order with which parent and who gets to sit by which parent.   After that Greg had to run a few errands so Kids and I went to Party city, Petco and Merle Norman.   At Party city we got a few things for Kasey's birthday and a craft for kids to make for Thanksgiving. They made little scarecrows which was cute.  Kasey also picked out a silly headband with candles that she wanted to wear.  She's really excited about her birthday.

We got home and had some cooking and cleaning to do.   Kids helped us make pies, and Patch was really trying to get homemade pie crusts.    Kasey is excited to have pumpkin pie for her family birthday dessert.  We are excited that it's part of what we'd make for Thanksgiving anyway.
Greg made fajita meat on grill, I made guacamole and we had a good dinner at home.  Then we watched Madagascar 3.  Kasey knows many of the lines and songs even the French one, and that's what she wants to watch at her small friend party.

11/24 - We had a great family day.  It was supposed to be snowing and really bad weather all day.  It never made it.  We started off making breakfast.  I made pancakes, Greg made cheese eggs and hot chocolate.   I think Landon had 4 pancakes and a bunch of eggs.   After breakfast we got ready for the day - quite slowly.  We headed to lunch at Big Easy which is one of our favorite.    After that we headed to Amazing Jakes for Landon's baseball end of season party.   I went to run a few errands while they started playing and then joined them.  All in all, we all had fun time.  got to do putt putt, car and motorcycle racing games, butterfly balloon backpacks, and unicorn balloon, both played lasertage, kids played a pirate shooting game together which was fun.  We even got some dinner.

11/23 - I finally went to work out for the first time since I broke my toe.    it was great to get to aerobics.    We went to lunch together and then Kasey and I went shopping together.  I found several dresses - some for cruise and some for work.   We had fun helping each other find clothes and trying them on.

We got home in time for A&M game.  Unfortunately they didn't win.  At half time kids went outside to ride scooters and bikes.  Patch got a short walk.
We went to quick dinner at Panera and got home to get kids in bed.  Landon decided he wanted to text Grammy then didn't want to go to bed.  He wants a phone so he can text us.  I told him he has to be 12.  He told me he'll just text from his ipad which I don't think he can do :)

11/22 - Landon had friend birthday.  Greg, Kasey and I hung out at home.  Kasey has a princess fold out that has image of Ariel scene, Belle scene and Cinderella.  The back has picture of river with bridge, grass trees and Cinderella castle.   Kasey decided she wanted to make up a story, and then we sang a song.  She sang the song, and then asked me to sing it.   She corrected me along the way, and then we sang it several times. :)

11/21 - we got done with our event a little early so we headed to the airport to see if we could catch early flight.  Unfortunately it was full so we had a long time til our flight.  We had few drinks and dinner then headed to wait for flight.  We left a little late and pilot said we'd land about 15 minutes late.   About 30 minutes before landing pilot came on saying that storm came through Dallas early and DFW was closed.  We landed in Longview to refill.  We sat on the tarmac, got fuel, had walkway come to plane.  They gave us option to get off if we wanted to - I don't think anyone did.   Then we flew back to DFW.  I ended up getting home after 12:30am - about 3 hour late.  Good times. Of course I had to be up for 8:30am meeting

11/20 - I had one more trip for the year.  Went to Louisville for few days.  Got to meet with partner and spend time training customer.

11/19 - We had Pixies end of season party.  One of the moms Meg was so nice to help plan it, make cupcakes and make headbands for the kids.  I asked for help with all the travel I've been doing.  So thankful that she took over.  We ate at 5th street pizza.  Girls got their trophies and fun dessert!

11/18 - Greg did his first watchdog visit at Norton.  It's a new program where dads spend the day at school helping out, being a male presence at the school.  He got to have lunch with Landon, help with his class a few times, play outside with kids, and help with a few others things.

11/17 - We had two friend birthday parties and it was a beautiful day.  The first party was at science place.  Kasey got to try out several experiments including exercising on little bike that created energy that you got to transfer to big area with push of button.  she had a good time.  All of the kids got to build with blocks and they tried to blow them down and shake them down.  The kids also got to make bubble snakes.  They took water bottle tops (1/2 water bottle), put dish towel and rubber band over.

Dipped it in bubbles and blew threw top of water bottle.  They had fun.

11/16 - Kasey had an early softball game.  It was little chilly but girls had good game.  Kasey is concerned that she's not hitting very well.  We tried explaining that she needs to practice and she'll get back into it.  

That night kids went to grandparents, Greg went to nice dinner with the boys at Capitol Grill and I went out with friends to see Pink.  8 ladies and I went had dinner at Mi Cocina, rented a limo and went to Pink concert.  We all had a great time.  I had to good of a time, but we still had fun.

11/15 - I was on another trip this week but got back Friday afternoon.  I had decided to stay with team I was with Thursday night and get up really early to drive 2 hours to airport to fly home.   I got up, but didn't take into account needed to defrost the car before leaving.  My timing was pretty tight returning car, getting through security and on plane.   Sometimes small airports are a really good thing.   I scheduled family pictures for us at Penney's.  It ended up being a good shoot for us and had fun.  Of course Greg would rather poke himself in the eye than get family pictures, but he hung in there.

11/14 - Kasey had another softball game tonight.  They played a team that was able to hit better than before.   At least is wasn't as cold for them as Tuesday.

11/12 - Kasey had softball game.  It was in the 40s so all the girls had coats, hats and gloves on.   Kasey got an out at First base and was pretty excited

11/8 - We headed down to College Station for game.  Greg and kids came to pick me up at work and then we headed down to College Station.  We went straight to Ninfas for some dinner.  Then we went back to Cory's house to get kids ready for bed.   Greg and I just hung out and had few beers at the house.  Kids came in early as usual the next morning.  We had some muffins and bananas for breakfast.   We all got showered and ready and headed to the Chicken.   We got there before 11 and got a table just barely.   Landon got some dominoes to play with.  We got some food and drinks.
 Doug's Brother Jeff was there with his girlfriend.

Dave arrived in town and we headed to the game.  A&M won, and we all decided to drive home after the game.  We got some Chick Fil A, put kids in pajamas and headed home.

11/4 - This week starts 3 weeks of work travel for me.   I'm headed to Phoenix Arizona for day and a half, Thief River Falls, Minnesota for few days, and Louisville, KY for few days.  Then of course its Thanksgiving and Kaseys Birthday.  It's going to be a busy tired month.

11/2 - Landon had baseball tournament.   The boys played hard, but weren't able to win games.  In one of the games Landon got an inpark home run.   He had pretty good hit and other team had some errors but we'll call it an in park home run.   He also got a few outs at 3rd base.   We were in the stands with blankets.