Thanksgiving, finally!

We went to visit Richard's family in Austin for Thanksgiving. It was nice to see everyone again.

Evie spent a lot of time on the swing on Nana and Papa's back porch. Also, notice the infamous Hello Kitty shirt. I have to steal it in order to wash it!








Look what I found from a few years ago, Thomas and Emily and the same swing! I can't believe how much they've grown since then! I believe this was taken in 2000, so Em is 3 in this picture, and Thomas is almost 5.






Em spent time with Aunt Lallie, learning how to make jewelry:






Evie on Thanksgiving day, wearing the new outfit that Nana picked out. As you can tell, she wasn't entirely happy to be posing for pictures!

Evie with Papa


Evie in the kitchen, waiting for the food to be done!


Evie with Nana



There was a lot of good food to eat, but Evie's favorite was Oma's sweet potato casserole. Evie ate so much I thought she would pop! She called it "hot candy ice cream".


On Friday, we had a joint birthday party for Evie, turning 3 (Nov. 18) and Thomas, turning 12 (Nov. 30). We got to see Lallie and Jeff's new house, which is beautiful.















Jeff took the kids canoeing on Lake Travis while we were visiting.
Jeff, Thomas and Emily in the canoe (Em says it was fun but chilly!)












Jeff, Thomas and Jakob in the canoe









Some pictures of my family on the docks









Evie going for a ride in the mei tai. She is getting so big, each time I wear her I'm afraid it may be the last! She just saw these pictures and started saying "Up! Mama's back!"