Thanksgiving and Beyond

Hello Everyone. It's been quite a while since I last posted to the blog so here is an update.
My camera just came back from being repaired last week, so most of the pictures on this post are courtesy of my father - thanks Dad!
















The weeks between Halloween and Thanksgiving were crazy - Amy was out of town for one week and Kurt was out of town for the other. Piper was a trooper and enjoyed her one on one time with each of us. She came down with a little fever and overall yucky feeling thanks to the flu shot, so we won't be doing that again.

Amy's parents came into town for Thanksgiving and we had a great time together. They were gracious enough to watch Piper one night so we could go out and have dinner. Amy and Vickey made the Thanksgiving feast (mostly Vickey) including a chocolate cream pie and coconut cream pie made from scratch. This is the first time I have made a cream pie and they turned out great - Mom did a great job of showing me the ropes. This is my big accomplishment this month!






We have been enjoying a very mild fall - mostly 70's and 80's, but we had a big storm roll in last night and we are now in the 30's. The bright side of this is that Piper finally able to wear some of her cute winter clothes we weren't sure she would ever wear!

Halloween

It's been a while since we posted to the blog, so there is a lot to report. We took Piper to a pumpkin patch with our friends April and Jason and their son Ryan. We put them in their Halloween costumes (Dorothy and the cowardly Lion - not planned to go together). It was freezing that day, so the outfits got a little messed up, but we had a great time. The kids fell asleep on the way but were soon ready to investigate. We saw lots of pumpkins and even took Piper down an inflatable slide.






Amy's parents came down to Texas to visit and stayed through Halloween. They helped us out so much with putting on some finishing touches onto the house. We are in the home stretch now of getting this place squared away thanks to them. There was a whole lot of Piper spoiling going on too!! Events included cooking with Pop, dancing, swinging, playing, hair styling playing dress up, going to the park and trick-or-treating. We all had a great time and are currently in the process of "unspoiling" Piper (assuming that's possible)! We are looking forward to their next visit at Thanksgiving! Mike took a ton of pictures...here are the highlights...

DO WE LOVE THIS KID OR WHAT???????