Thanksgiving 2007

We had a FULL Thanksgiving weekend.

The holiday started off in Oklahoma

and ended at my brother's

house in Dallas.

We love our family.

Bunch of Crooks...

NaNa and PaPa Crook are the best hosts!

And can we talk about NaNa's cranberry salad and dressing??

Holy Cow.

Here we are with Granny and Papaw Dickerson

How awesome that our girls are getting to know two sets of GREAT-grandparents!

TRYPTOPHAN IS GOOOOOD!

Cheetah Girl having fun at Nonnie's

Whose hat is that anyway??

Too bad Kamryn can't crawl yet. She gets stuck in all kind of poses:)

Rhonda, Nana, and Lainey with Kelly

Our other hostess with the mostest!

And that's all folks, the show's over!

This picture really has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, Natalie's just getting so big, I had to add it.

Nice to Meet You...Again.

What a GREAT weekend we had in the gorgeous wine country of CA.

After 7 straight weeks of sickness in our house

and an average of 3 hours of sleep at night during those weeks

Mommy and Daddy wanted to have a little fun...

ok, and maybe sleep some too.

(Enter "wine")

It was such a memorable time

full of good food, great wine, and the bestest of friends.

We highly recommend this trip.

But you must spend at least one night with the Scales Family

and then take the Schlegels with you too, of course.

Oh yeah, and you need a Nana that's willing to give up 4 days of her time!

My mom is the best.

Life-long friends

Reunited, FINALLY!

Ending a long day of travel with a refreshing night of "girl gab" with Jan and the girls.

Frank took us on a tour of K-LOVE's headquarters too. Great night of family fun!

I miss you already!!!

This was the coolest little market we stumbled upon...

and the fastest lunch I've ever (well, halfway) eaten.

Anyone know where we can get some wine around here??

Christian Brothers Monastery next to the Hess Collection Winery.

This was by far our favorite vineyard.

The other love birds.
Now this picture is normal but the Cakebread Vineyard quickly turned into Jamie and Steven's catwalk.

Thanks for all the laughs you two!

Our last day, saying goodbye to the incredible scenery.

Carneros Domain,known for their sparkling wine.

We found this vineyard on our way to the airport.

More Carneros...whoa mama.

So as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself feeling so full already. How grateful I am for a deep, fun friendship with my husband and to be surrounded by good friends who love God more than anything else in this life. Thank you Lord, the Giver of every good gift. And Kev, it was so nice to meet you...again;)

Sick and Tired

We had a rough week following Natalie's party.

Natalie's stomach bug decided to wreak more havoc

by first biting Nat again just as the last guests left from her party...

then on to the rest of our crew.

Natalie and Daddy got over it finally.

Lainey had a pretty rough time kicking it though.

She ended up in the ER with dehydration.

Nothing a little IV fluids couldn't take care of.

Mom, this bites. And how 'bout I cut a tooth while I'm here?? No, really.

This is a pretty pitiful face. She didn't even have the energy to cry when they put the IV in:(



And she spent the rest of the week resting wherever she could.

Uh-oh, I think I'm gonna blow again...

JUST KIDDING MOM, COME BACK!!! All better now.

And the show must go on! Our other little rock star is back in action too, having fun with all of her birthday gifts...this one is from Nana.

If you don't have a 3 year old little girl in your house...

GET ONE!

And....ACTION!

Last week was full of it.

Action, that is.

(pull up a chair, this post is bound to be long.)

Our week started off in the inferno of L.A.

The air was smoky and thick but the view

from the plane was really unbelievable.

While we were there, Lainey learned how to play Peek-A-Boo:

(which she did with L.A.'s weirdest and wildest!)

(she usually covers her ears up! Way to go Baby Girl!)


We also stumbled across the big premier of "Dan In Real Life".

I have to admit, the BRIGHT lights and red carpet were cool.

As we were flying back, Natalie caught a stomach bug.

She was home with Nana.

Poor Nana.

She made a quick recovery though, just in time to celebrate

HER 3RD BIRTHDAY!

Every year we have a costume party with a theme to celebrate.

This year we had "A Night With the Stars".

Everyone came dressed as a movie character

and I mean everyone!

I don't know if the kids or adults had more fun dressing up.

Here are some pics from our Movie Night:

The Opening Shot

The Birthday Girl starring as "Cinderoola"

For not having a brain, he did pretty good with the camera!

Can you SEE this wig?? Napoleon holding Sully and Boo, from Monsters Inc.

Napoleon and Deb, with her caboodle of course!

Little Red Riding Hood, a.k.a. Nana

The Smiths, as Raising Arizona...genius.

The story Disney never told: Superman + Cruella=Dalmatians and Curious George. Who Knew?!

Super Lawson Family!

The Other Superman and Lois Lane/ The Accounting Firm of Schlegel and Schlegel

Patch Adams and Crew!

Look at the Too Cute Mini Mouses

Even Jim Caviezel made a special appearance

Yikes! James Dean is a pretty tough dude! You'd better watch him or he'll squirt you with ketchup.

The Devil Wears Prada to her debate tournament that was right before Nat's party;) Good thinking Shannie!

THE cutest lil' Boo! She was voted "Best Kid Costume"

The Accounting Firm of Schlegel and Schlegel delivering the list of winners for the night.

And our first winner of the night...The Best Birthday Girl Who's Turning 3!

And the winner of "Best Adult Costume" is...Ben McGregor as Napoleon Dynamite. He went on to thank his chapstick, all the little people, and in true Hollywood form declared, "George Bush Sucks!"

Superman Alex saved the night by rescuing the poor helpless baby...ok, no baby rescue. He just likes pushing strollers around and having tea with his cousin Natalie. He'll make a good daddy one day;)

Oh, do you think it ends there??? No no.

More fun ensued, but I'll save that for another post;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE!

You are one loved little girl!

A Weekend of Butt-Kicking

There's just no nice way of saying it.

First our Cowboys, then Lainey

courtesy of the kitchen floor.

Ben was given four great seats to the big game:

Cowboys vs Patriots.

My first NFL game.

It was so exciting to be there

but the whippin' still stings.

We'll see about settling the score at the Super Bowl.

Hurray hurray, we're on our way...

Kev, don't look now but Romo is right in front of you!!!

Oh wait, THERE's my boyfriend:)

My MAIN man

Romo, rallying the troops

"Floor, I will pee on you next time you give me trouble!"

"Mommy, don't worry. I took care of it."