Feliz Thanksgiving-O

Mom, the new internet queen, this post is for you. I love you!

Burke and I went to Mexico City for Thanksgiving to spend time with Benjy and Carolyn (his brother and sister-in-law, my great friends from Atlanta mission trips). We, of course, had a blast with them and his mom, Mary Beth and Carolyn's mom, Erna.


Piercen greeted us when we arrived. Look at that smile!

Crazy brothers.

Piercen would lay on the floor and play all day while his brothers were at school. Here he is with his army men.

Our happy hosts! She just had a baby...can you believe that?!?

Mary Beth and new baby Hudson.

Adorable. And Hudson is cute too.

The Brednich boys start reading at an early age!

A little turkey craft project! I'm such a nerd but I had so much fun doing these things with the boys!

A little Batman puzzle time....

A little Hi Ho Cherry-O with Uncle Burke......

A little Connect Four....

I LOVED holding baby Hudson! I tried to share with others but I didn't like it.

Some scrabble! Carolyn, no one else likes you for always winning. (But I like everybody.)

Some cute little Thanksgiving turkeys! (They made the turkeys pinned on their shirts during "craft time"....so cute!)

And then they brought out the turducken and it stole their attention.

At Thanksgiving dinner....we are thinking about just stealing Hudson and claiming him as our own.

A little Facebook tutorial...

This picture makes me laugh. Hudson is getting upset but Chase is still talking to him in his dinosaur voice.

The whole Brednich brother clan! Maybe Burke and I will just steal them all....

Uncle Burke got the ball stuck in a tree. So the man afraid of heights climbed the tree to get it. Such a great uncle!

Reece finally pulled the picnic table over so they could sit and wait for the ball out of the tree. It was pretty funny.

A little date night with Benjy and Carolyn and James and Erin. It was so good to spend time with you all!


Carolyn, the super mom (and Scrabble player)....


Benjy and Carolyn, thank you so much for letting us come and visit you. And even though your kids were my favorite part, it was really so much fun to see you! Looking forward to February!

Glorious

I visited Burke last weekend and he took me to Shenandoah National Park. Although we missed the fall leaves, it was really beautiful.

































Furry forest friends....
























We just imagined those leaves....



















on these trees.
































There were 800 overlooks and Burke was patient and stopped at them all. I have to take pictures, you know.















Burke and Beau warming up for church with This Little Light of Mine....no, no, not annoying at all.














Sweet Story: Mr. Norton is the preacher at Arlington Church of Christ where Burke's mom goes to church. They were so sweet and so thoughtful and ordered me a CD. (What they didn't know was that my CDs were stolen from my car a few months ago, so this was a very fun surprise.) So a big blog thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Norton!



















And a perfect ending to the the trip...Burke called on my way home and his new nephew Hudson John was born. We are going to Mexico for Thanksgiving and I was very nervous Hudson would be stubborn and not make an appearance for our visit. So I was VERY EXCITED to hear this news! Congratulations, Benjy, Carolyn, and brothers! Looking forward to meeting Hudson next week!

Paul and Debbie Plus 5!

Well, my friend Debbie with four kids that's pregnant with her fifth is now my friend Debbie with five kids.

Meet Elizabeth Ann Schulze.



















For those that haven't "met" the Schulze's, they are a sweet family that have adopted me here in Austin. They let me be a part of their family every Sunday at church...and birthday parties....and holidays...and births....and...




















She is absolutely adorable. And the blanket she's wrapped in....I made!! Elizabeth makes it look really cute.




















Paul and Debbie














I got to hold her for a long time and then the siblings came and I had to take turns.














Sawah...the new big sister!















And Daniel was so excited about his FOURTH sister that he played his game. It made me laugh really hard.