Phew, here we are after Christmas, and I haven't blogged since the week before Thanksgiving! It's been a fun and busy-filled month continuing our family visits, then coming home and rolling right into the end of my semesters at both Western and A&M (read: lots of evenings spent making tests, grading assignments and exams, tabulating final scores, arguing with students over their grades, etc!), which led right into the Christmas holiday!
So here I go with the catch up: Week 42 we were wrapping up our trip in North Carolina and traveling to Texas where we spent Thanksgiving. My pictures don't always update in order, and I often take the time to move them around and organize them, but with 100+ pictures this week, and being 4 weeks behind... we're just going to roll with it!
We took a day trip to UNC, and this is the only picture I took!
Mason and a construction cone :)
Mason and a construction cone :)
We got to spend a day with the Leffler clan. I love all of the couch pictures we've taken over the years - I'm pretty sure our bunch is done growing in numbers, now we just get to watch these buddies grow in size each visit!
A little messy pouch action for Jack-Jack
I kind of like that he sleeps with his light on, so that I can sneak in and capture some good pictures of this sweetness! Both Olaf and the mechanic car were great sleepy-things in NC.
Time to move from NC to TX! The Dynamic Duo checking out our plane.
Santa's Wonderland for our first night in TX!
Fun, Fun, Fun with the cousins
Pops tells some pretty great bedtime stories :)
(Back to Santa's wonderland a bit)
(Flying to TX) Jackson LOVES Peakaboo!
Mason transport through the airport ;)
<3 HEB <3
Coffee date with Liz, her son Merek (5yo) and Emily
Mason and Merek played so sweet together!
Mason and Merek played so sweet together!
Shopping with the girls, taking over Aunt Lauren's dressing room
Another visit to Sassy and Pops' next door neighbor:
the College Station Fire Department!
the College Station Fire Department!
We went on Thanksgiving, and took them a pie.
They might have been a little bored, they all came out to greet us, and gave us a great tour!
They might have been a little bored, they all came out to greet us, and gave us a great tour!
They even pulled out the hose for Mason to spray
And let him ask lots of questions
and carried him around to show him all the details
They even called the dispatch office to have a "test" alarm sent to their fire station so he could see what it looks like in their bunks when a fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night!
Pretty awesome!
Then it was time for our Thanksgiving feast - apparently a little sample of the pie first!
Then a sweet little feast with Cousin Court
While Jackson sat with me and sampled a little bit of everything!
Jim and I got to go to the Aggie game that night - I got him tickets as an early birthday present!
Meanwhile, our boys were well taken care of by the rest of the family <3
There was lots of sweet cousin playtime and shenanigans -
I so wish we lived closer and could see our cousins more often!!
I so wish we lived closer and could see our cousins more often!!
A little bit of napping
And always time for snacking
Lots of great memories from this trip
And fun times with family!
One last meal (at Pappasito's ~ YUM!) with the family before heading home
Sweet goodbye kisses!
Two heads jiggling and nodding off as the plane took off
Mas spilled a water bottle all over his pants on the plane, and they were so wet and cold we figured he was better off without them until we could get our suitcase and get him a dry pair. Ha!
Back at home, ready to start decorating for Christmas!
And do a few other projects around the house
I still need to replace the pictures in a lot of these frames, but Jim and Mason did good work!
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More pix from other cameras:
Mason and Pops did a lot of good work together!
Mason and Pops did a lot of good work together!
And THAT was a lot of pictures and adventures for one week!
Sweet little 42-week peekaboo-playing Jackster!
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