A CHRISTMAS PARADE

T, hubby and I went to a Christmas parade in a small town nearby last night. It didn't have very many floats. I guess I was kind of disappointed. I had not been to a Christmas parade since I left the small town I grew up in. I use to enjoy the Christmas parade so much in my small town. It did bring back memories, seeing the little kids run into the street to retrieve the candy that had been thrown out. Even one float threw out stuffed animals. We took lots of pictures but these were the only two that wasn't really dark.

Santa on a unicycle.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

T was the only one that came for Thanksgiving this year. But, we sure were glad to have her with us. M and family are at hubby's parents house in North West Missouri. K and family are spending it with friends. We had lots of food. Lots of leftovers so I will not have to cook any more this weekend. We are stuffed. Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Our table.

Our food.

My sweet potato pies.

OUR TRIP TO KC

Hubby and I left for Kansas City on Friday. When we arrived, we were greeted by C and mommy holding Karlie. T came over that night to eat with us after she got off work. M had made barbecue and T had made some dishes also and brought them over.

The next day, T, M, C, Karlie, hubby and I all went to Legends to shop.

Karlie all dressed and ready to go shopping.

Legends was already decorated for Christmas.

They even have a little train that pulls the kids around the stores.

We went to the Children's outlets and I think we found lots of good deals. This was just from one store. Karlie and A are going to have matching pajamas for Christmas.

After we finished shopping, we went to the Long Horn Steak restaurant to eat. C said something funny that is why T is laughing. We think C is going to grow up to be a comedian.





I just have to show you a picture of all of C's toys. These are not even all of them. There are toys in the garage and every other room of the house. But , M did fill a garbage bag full of them when Papaw had C occupied doing something else and sent them home with us. C will have them to play with when he comes to visit us. Just hope he doesn't miss them or they will be making a trip to Oklahoma to get them. I would say that he has no idea how many cars and trucks he has but I bet he does.

Karlie is holding in her pacifier. She is a really good baby. She only cries when she is hungry. C says she also cries when she doesn't want her diaper changed.


Cute picture of T and Karlie.

We left this morning to come home and I already miss everyone, but hopefully we will get to see everyone for Christmas.

A SHORT TRIP

We are going to Kansas City for a short visit. We are going to see our newest granddaughter. Of course, we will also be visiting our grandson, our two daughters and son-in-law. We plan to do some shopping. We will hit those children's outlets. I think M is ready to get out of the house for a while. Maybe we can also help take care of C and Karlie and she can get some things done around the house. I think she is planning on doing some Christmas decorating while we are there. Hope to have lots of pictures when I get back.

MEMORIES

I found another box. This box had old photo albums. One full of sports pictures. My kids played softball, basketball and M even played tennis for a little while. They also took gymnastics and dance. None of them really cared for dance. But they never played soccer. I wonder why? But, anyhow it is fun to go back and look at the old pictures.

This picture was taken at a tournament in Tulsa, Ok. I also remember it was really windy and every time I opened my mouth to cheer, it was filled with dirt. T's team won the tournament and they got trophies and also carnations. They had one carnation left over and they gave it to K. K was really excited to get it and but can you tell T was a little embarrassed.

This picture shows how much we were into ball. M's birthday cake that year was a bear with an Lil Eagles uniform on. Whose idea do you think it might have been. Probably not M. Hint, her dad was the coach of her team. But, it was a cute cake.

M and K's teams both got trophies that year.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

This is what I see out my window, when I go up to the bonus room and look out. When I was looking out today, I thought this just looks like Oklahoma. Lulu and I looked out the window for a long time today, while I took pictures. Some times, the fence rail will be covered with crows. Today there were only four. One stayed up in the tree the whole time. Maybe, he was watching out for the others. We live on the edge of the country. Our neighborhood is surrounded by pastures and cows. Yet, we are only about five minutes from restaurants and shopping. The best of both worlds.

KARLIE

............... is ten days old today.

HOMEMADE ROAST

T is coming in tonight from Kansas City. There is an OSU game tomorrow night, that her and hubby will be attending. We usually go out to eat, but we decided that I should just have dinner ready when she gets here tonight. I suggested grilling and hubby said T had rather I just cook a roast. I think really, that hubby just wanted me to cook a roast instead of grilling.

This is the first roast I have cooked since we moved into this house. Hubby will always say that I don't put enough carrots and potatoes, but I tell him the pan will only hold so much, I have to have some room for the roast. We usually buy an English roast, but they did not have them at the store last night. Maybe that is just a Southern thing.

I promise there is a roast below all those potatoes and carrots. You can see some meat in the second picture. I then pour two cans of mushroom soup on top of the carrots and potatoes and cook all afternoon. I always dread cooking a roast but after it is in the oven your meal is finished except that I will open a can or two of green beans and cook and heat up some rolls.

THANKSGIVING 2000

I am still unpacking and I ran across these pictures. I had forgotten about taking these. They were completely separate from all my other pictures for some reason.

This was the first Thanksgiving after T and M married in 2000. We all went to Kansas City for Thanksgiving that year. If I remember correctly there was a snow on the ground that year. This was the first house that they bought and lived in for five years. They all look so young in these pictures.

As soon as Thanksgiving dinner was over they decorated the house for Christmas. Then we drove down to the Plaza to see all the Christmas lights. I tried to zoom in but this was before digital cameras, so the quality is not the best.

LATE HALLOWEEN PICS

I know that Halloween is over, but I wanted to post these pictures. M and T were friends of these kid's parents long before any of these kids were born. They all have kids about the same age and they still get together for every holiday and have a party for all the kids. The alligator and cat and ladybug costumes were made by these kids grandmas. They do such a good job on them. Of course the little power ranger on the right is C. Neither of C's grandmas sew. M has said to me an many occasions that she wished I could sew and so do I. Maybe it is not too late to learn.

OUR SHORT VISIT TO ARKANSAS

When I received the news Friday morning from T that M was at the hospital in labor, hubby and I were packing to leave to visit K, J and A in Arkansas. We decided to go ahead and go because we had already planned to go a week or two after Karlie was born. I think a mom needs to get settled in before she has house guest. But, I can't wait to see our new granddaughter.

We arrived at K's house late Friday night and I am pretty sure A knew who we were, even though she hadn't seen us in six weeks. She was all smiles and when I went and sat on the couch she came and pulled my shirt for me to pick her up.

K had already decided she wanted to go to Red Lobster to eat Saturday night. J was at a martial arts tournament in Eureka Springs.

Pappa and A looking in the lobster tank while we wait. There is always a wait. We even got there early.

A didn't seem too thrilled with them.

A with her little lobster bib on, not too thrilled about that either.

Mostly what I did was sit in A's playroom and watch her play. We took her some new toys to play with.


Checking out her caterpillar.

In this picture she is checking out her dad's collection of trophies that he won at the tournament after he returned on Saturday night.

We got up on Sunday morning and headed back to Oklahoma. It was sure sad to leave. I think A was kind of sad to see us leave also. We probably won't see them again until Christmas.

MORE PICS OF KARLIE

Can you believe how dark her hair is? I think maybe she has a little of her Momo's Indian blood.

Doesn't C look sad?

But he looks happier in this picture.