November

The month of thankfulness just might be my favorite month! I sure was thankful on this day that Ellis finally decided to leave the house and go run errands with me. She was hesitant, but did awesome, and I was so proud of her!

Adam was out of town for work, and I had to take both boys to baseball practice, so she either had to stay home by herself or come with us. She decided to come with us, and although she had a panic attack in the car, she rode the wave and got through it.

She even rode the big ferris wheel at Scheel’s, which is HUGE, since she’s suddenly now afraid of heights and roller coasters.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous, and since she won’t go on a walk with me, I made her take the pups to the dog park to get outside!

Seriously, I LOVE the fall and all the colors!

Last tournament of the season for this handsome catcher!

Ended the weekend with an rbi double!

This all around awesome kiddo also made the A Honor Roll!

Way to go, Brooks!

Saw this as we were walking out of the school. I didn’t even know Cross Country took a team pic! Brooks is on the second row from the bottom, third from the left

Our annual Friendsgiving brunch with my favorites!

Shep’s last tournament of the season was at Rocker B, so we got to stay at the lakehouse with his teammate Cooper!

Picture doesn’t do that gorgeous sunset justice!

My cute little cowboy (Brooks) cheering for his brother on the upper deck!

Shep came in as the relief pitcher and shut the inning down with a strikeout!

Strike three you’re outta here!

Let’s go, Texans!

That’s a wrap on the fall season!

Shep’s rec team, The Rider’s, also wrapped up their fall season with a team party

The Rider’s “fun mom’s” kept the party going!

I gotta get creative to get Ellis out of the house, so I promise CFA if she’ll go with me to bring Shep lunch!

She also loves to check out all the creepy animals at Petco….

This kid is definitely not spoiled. I needed a manicure for family pics, and I guess Ellis did too!

If she’s going to be at home all day, I’ve gotta put her to work!

She helped me get these fun goodies together for our annual Friendsgiving that we decided to host this year!

I usually go all out on decorations for Halloween and Christmas, and now I’ve added my favorite holiday to that list…

Dad’s table!

Kid’s tables!

Mom’s table!

Have I mentioned I love Fall!

All the goodies Ellis helped with for the kiddos!

And the Harvest cocktail for the adults!

Adam’s spatchcocked smoked turkey was on point!

Super thankful for a houseful of these amazing friends!

Pretty ladies!

Handsome hubbies!

Crazy kids!

A few moms snuck out to go look at Christmas lights!

We kicked off the first half of our Thanksgiving break up at the lake with the Arguijo’s!

I loooooooved playing tennis with all the kids!!!

My favorite niece!

The lake was as smooth as glass!

Arguijo’s were the only ones that had any luck with the fishes this trip…

Ellis and Carolina had so much fun playing this silly “guess my object” game

Jodie and I had even more fun putting together this puzzle!

Only for it to have one freaking missing piece!! Grrrrrr! Every time, I swear!

Of course Mexican Train, duh

Best snuggle buddies in all the world!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Always the passenger princess!

Golf…

Fishing…

Basketball! Is there anything better?!?

Stop it right now!!! How cute are these sleeping cousins!!!!

Second half of our Thanksgiving break was spent in Houston. First stop was to our besties house!

Love us some Cisneros!

Next stop was the Stroem’s house for Thanksgiving #1! Get in my belly!

I was proud of Ellis for “trying” more foods this year.

Had to document Brooks washing his plate!

Super grateful for this amazing family!

The boy cousins had a sleepover, and then I met them at the movies the next day to watch Zootopia 2!

My old stomping grounds! Tinseltown 290!

We were so close, so of course I had to take the boys by my childhood home! 7266 Shady Corners Lane!

We knocked on the door, but nobody answered. Gosh, so many memories came flooding back! Best neighborhood ever!

Last stop was Memaw and Papa Joe’s house for Thanksgiving #2!

Ready for the Aggie game that we will not be talking about

And this is why it’s my favorite holiday! Food and family!

Seesters!!!

Grandkids, minus Kody, who got to go deep sea fishing for Thanksgiving this year!

Bestest parents in the whole wide world!

I will leave you with this hilarious video of Memaw playing the adult version of “Go Fish” aka “Go F*@$ yourself”. The little boys walked into the kitchen at just the right time, lol!!!!