Visiting the Stokes Family

We were feeling good enough to take a little weekend trip to Austin to visit our sweet friends! They showed us a good time (as always). Love them!

Happy Birthday to me :) Thanks to Morgan, Walter, Felicity and Nautica for their wonderful hospitality.

Birthday: Can I have a redo?

The sickness had the audacity to persist into my birthday week, so I'm going to celebrate again another week! We did have a wonderful dinner at the Hauns and I got to relax all day on my birthday with Morgan, Kaye, Betsy, Casey and Jett. Mo even gave me a manicure :) Thanks for making my day so fun, y'all!!

Thankful for many blessings on this birthday!

Pancakes, Celebrations and... another round of sickenss

We got to have a little fun before we were all sick with colds, sinus infections and bronchitis... Griffins came over for pancakes and we got to share Taco Diner with the Dreyers :)

Then we got to share lots of naps and snuggles, which is the only redeeming thing about sick days!

Happy Birthday, Michelle...

...from the Three Tenors sitting a bit too close on your spacious couch :) We had a great time celebrating our sweet friend, Michelle. She is such a kind and generous lady and we love her a bunch - especially Jett!

Meanwhile....

While I was in California, I missed the first snow of the year :( My boys got to play with the Griffins, Aunt Jen, the Hauns and Smiths and they had a blast - so glad!

Surprise!

Paige turned 33 on January 8 and I got to fly to California (by MYSELF!) to surprise her and say goodbye one more time before she headed to India. It was so fun... Pedicures, visiting, relaxing, cooking (Marci made sugar cookies!), just hanging out - the best!


Paige and Sean sharing with their church about their upcoming adventure

Loved my time with friends. Loved reading on the plane! Thanks, Mo, for making it possible :)

Happy Birthday, Princess!

Betsy's 3... And she is most definitely a princess :) Love you, pretty girl.

Christmas (and New Year's) at Honey and Tatu's

So, stomach sickness continued to plague our Christmas :( This time Jeff and Casey were sick while the rest of us partied. It was not the same without them (or even with them - when they made the effort to join us, they were quite subdued).

Casey felt good enough to make a show of his REI women's biker pants Jeff got him...

Jett's favorite activity was watching Tatu's (very loud) train circle around the Christmas Tree. Unfortunately, no one could carry on conversation while it was going, so he didn't get to see it as much as he would have liked.

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Words with Friends Challenge!!

Jett was missing his Daddy.

We always love our Christmas tradition at Honey and Tatu's house. We just wish we could have avoided sickness this year! We kept saying 'Merry Freakin' Christmas' anytime something went awry :)