Thanksgiving

We had a nice little Thanksgiving here in Texas just with our little family. I am right in the midst of tests and gettting ready for final exams so we thought it would be best to not try and travel anywhere.

We started out the morning by drawing pictures of things we were grateful for. The first thing that Dal thought of was Jesus so he drew a really cute picture of Jesus :) Then we got distracted with other things, but at least Jesus made the list.

Then we had a nice Thanksgiving dinner thanks to our wonderful chef/daddy/husband Jake. I assisted with whatever I could and we did a lot of prep the day before, but he was the master mind behind it all and it all turned out wonderful. It was funny because I had done some of the shopping and Jake told me cranberriers were on sale so I should get some. I thought he meant real cranberries, because they were also on sale. So I bought some real cranberries. Dal and I tasted one and couldn't believe how awful they tasted. You should have seen Dal's face :) So I made some homemade cranberry sauce (I think the first time I have ever tasted it homemade) and it actually turned out to be pretty tasty and fresh-like.
After our Thanksgiving dinner we went to the park for some football, soccer, and playing at the playground. It was great fun and it was nice to be outside. We got all bundled up because it was supposed to be kind of cold, but once we got out there we ended up shedding all of our warm stuff. We can't believe it's the end of November and the weather is still so nice!

Here is the lovely turkey that Jake baked (that we got for $3.90) (and you can see my homemade cranberry sauce). He threw the pineapples near the end to keep it moist and for aesthetic appeal :)

Here is Braelyn excited and ready to eat
These are the two little sweetie pies that we are so thankful for!

They are so cute and are so much fun.

We are also grateful for moments like these where after I get Braelyn ready for church she goes in Dal's room and puts on a pair of his Lightning McQueen underwear over her tights and dress and then comes in my room to say hi to me :) So funny!

Even though we look forward to the day when we will not be living in an apartment and poor college students, we have so much to be thankful for and feel very blessed.

Help Others That Have Cancer

The other day I was studying and Dal came up to me and told me that he wanted to write a note for me to give to my teacher. I was pretty intrigued with what he would want to write to my teacher. So he got his paper and marker and said "Okay mom I want to write "Help others that have cancer", can you help me spell it?" I was so touched. I thought that was just the cutest thing. I also thought it was really cool that he recognizes that that's what I am going to school to do, not just to get a job, but to help those with cancer. I also think that seeing his Grandma with cancer has helped him understand how important and special it is to help others with cancer. And he feels strongly enough about it that he really wanted to get that message to my teacher :) I just love that sweet boy!

So I took the note to school and gave it to my teacher. He thought it was so cute as did the rest of my class. They were also impressed with his writing skills :) My teacher wrote on the bottom "We Will! Thank you!" and then gave it back to me so that I could keep it. So we have been having such a beautful Fall here. It has been in the 60-70's most of the time. We are loving it. The only exception was a week or so ago we woke up to this....

It had been 75 degrees the day before! This was a morning I had to get up early to go to Lubbock for clincals. Luckily the freeways were clear and all the snow was pretty much gone by later that afternoon. It was quite the crazy storm but we are loving our first Fall in Texas.

Halloween and Grandma Fun Time!

Okay so Dal with his face painted wasn't for Halloween, but I thought this was a good place to stick it in. At the Children's museum that we love to go to they have a little area with a stage, costumes and face paints and the kids can have fun painting their faces (or their parents faces, as both Jake and I have experienced :) Dal had a lot of fun painting his face bright blue.

On Saturday we had the wonderful treat of getting to pick up my mother-in-law from the aiport because she was coming to stay the week with us! We were all so excited! She got there just in time to join us for the ward Trunk-or-Treat.
Dal was Darth Vader and B-Rae and I were super girls

We had a fun evening and got some great candy at the Trunk or Treat.

We also really enjoyed that whole week that Grandma Harris got to be here with us. Her and Dal spent hours playing legos, her and Braelyn read lots of books and both kids enjoyed lots of fun Grandma time. We also enjoyed her wonderful company...we had fun chatting time, she made us some yummy food, she got up early with the kids and let us sleep, and she did lots of dishes. She was so sweet! We loved having her here so much and hope we get another week with Grandma soon :)