Thankswigging

Every year my TCU friends and their families get together for "Thankswigging". We originally started it about 5 years ago and all wore wigs for the big event. This year not one person showed up in a wig... I think we should pass it along to the kids to wear wigs every year. This year was at our friends, the Horsch's, gorgeous new casa. Instead of cooking our traditional turkey and sides, we grilled steaks, had some roasted winter veggies and other various sides and drank some yummy wine. (The wine somehow always makes its way to the table no matter what we are celebrating.) I did a sub-par effort of getting pics of all the kids...
Jack (4 yrs)

Sam (2.5 yrs)

Lauren (15 mths.)

Oliver (9 mths- right A?)

Nathan (2.5 yrs)

Charlie (20 mths.)

I LOVE this tradition we have with our friends. It marks the beginning of the holiday season and I look forward to it year around!

What a Weekend

I enjoyed a very enjoyable, much-to-quick, weekend in Sonoma with my college girlfriends. The views where unbeatable:

The company was some of my most favorite:

And the meals where some of the best I've ever eaten:

Now, back to reality:

Check out my friend, Molly's blog, for a complete run-down of the trip. And my friend, Carrie's, for some interesting conversations that took place over the weekend.

P.S.- Thank you to Julie for taking Charlie to Shreveport for the weekend. And thanks to my family for keeping him happy and safe!

The Weekend

The triplets went home on Friday. Juls and I met half way to make the exchange. She got her car and her kids back and I got my car and my life back. Before this I had a play date with my TCU friends and (most) of their kids on Friday morning. Unfortunately, I took no pictures due to my 4 super-clingy kids. Thanks to my friends who helped feed the kids, get them packed up, clean my house, and take Charlie for the afternoon so that he didn't have to be in the car for 3 hours! A HUGE help- thank you!

My friend, Molly, from TCU was in town for the weekend. (Her daughter, Ellen, got sick and was unable to make the trip... which meant that her husband, Erik, couldn't come either... we missed you guys!) On Friday night, we had a rare-adult-only night out.

On Saturday we had Jack Greer's birthday party. (He's the oldest of the group- age 4!) The party was at Pump It Up... this was our first experience at this place and it was so super fun. A great place to have a party!

Charlie loved the slides! Sam and his cape.
Sweet baby Ollie.

Even little Lauren had fun jumping.

Happy Birthday Jack!
Charlie in his cape.
Look how big he is sitting at the table and drinking his juice!

We then hung out at the Greer's all day on Saturday and had dinner there. Charlie was a trooper and stayed up until 8:45pm. It was a great weekend!!

Charlie, Sam and Nathan enjoyng some Backyardagains.