Thanksgiving in Missouri

We spent this Thanksgiving with my family in Missouri. Thursday morning we went to the Johnson cabin in Dalton, MO (in the background of the first picture) and then drove to Kansas City to see the Plaza lights and have dinner. From left to right in the picture below are my siblings Timmy, Whitney, Trett, Anna, Matt and me and J on the right.

It started snowing late last night and has snowed off and on all day today! We head back to Texas tomorrow morning. I will be sad to leave my family, but we will see them again the weekend before Christmas for Anna's college graduation from TCU.

23 Weeks

Here I am at 23 weeks ... Only 4 more months to go! I have been feeling (and seeing) the baby move much more frequently over the past couple of weeks, which is indescribable! J keeps saying that he's ready for his son to come on out and play!

San Antonio Half Marathon

Bright and early this morning, J ran in the San Antonio Rock 'n' Roll half marathon and finished in 2 hours and 19 minutes! The weather was perfect and he survived the 13 miles with little more than a few blisters. Watching him cross the finish line was so much fun and incredibly emotional, especially after he cheered me through my 13 miles in Austin last February. I was so proud!

Just for Grins!

(Jack dressed up as a Frog Prince)

(Mia Dressed up as a Pig)

We weren't home for Halloween this year, but I wanted to post these pictures of Jack and Mia in their Halloween costumes. These were some of the only costumes in their size at a store called Dogology in Fredericksburg, TX. It turns out they look a little like Kermit and Miss Piggy! The funniest part is that the hood on Jack's costume covers his eyes and he makes no attempt to take it off, so he just stumbles around like a blind frog! Sad ... but so hilarious!

Boys and a Buck!

I haven't heard the entire story yet, but above is a picture of my step dad, Kent, and my two little brothers, Timmy (in the brown shirt) and Trett (in the Mizzou shirt) with a buck Kent shot in our neighborhood.

Kent's ritual every week is to sit for hours in a tree stand in our backyard with his bow trying to shoot a buck. The last time he successfully shot one, it didn't immediately fall over, but ran off. Kent found it dead in our neighbor's front yard! Can you imagine coming home to that!?!

I guess I can't really call my brothers "little" anymore! They are both sophomores at the University of Missouri (Go Tigers!). They have both turned out to be such men, and even though I know they had nothing to do with killing this buck, I am so proud of them!

Spurs vs. Mavs

Last night, J's dad got us tickets to the Spurs vs. Mavs game. This was my first professional basketball game to attend and our seats were amazing! We were within talking distance from Mark Cuban, who wasn't nearly as animated as I hoped he would be. It was strange not knowing who to cheer for moving from the DFW area to the San Antonio area ... I think our allegiance will be to the Spurs, but it was fun to see the Mavs in action too. My favorite part of the game was the large chocolate and vanilla swirled frozen yogurt I picked up during half time!

Jack and His Baby

This is one of those funny things that Jack has always done that I never really thought much about until my mom came to visit and urged me to take a picture of it. The picture above is of our dog Jack sleeping with his "baby", a stuffed dog that my mom gave me a few years ago that Jack claimed as his own. He sleeps with his arms around it like this every day. I have also put a picture of Mia below so that I am not showing favoritism.

California Road Trip

On Sunday J flew to California to make the 20 hour drive with his good friend Brad back to Texas. Along the way, they made a pit stop at the Cabazon Dinosaurs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Luckily, this dinosaur didn't like the taste of J and I welcomed my husband home safely just in time to watch the election results and go to the Spurs v. Mavs game (see pictures above).