Thanksgiving and Birthday

There are some more "catch-up" pictures in this group. I can finally get to some of the pictures on my i-phone. This was a picture I took of a picture of a peacock when I was making Kristen's costume for Halloween.

Here is a picture taken of Kristen Halloween night by someone else. She sent it to me by text.

A picture of one of the beautiful maple trees on our street a couple of weeks ago. It was so gorgeous, I just smiled every time I saw it.

Kaitlyn and I at the Dad's Day lunch at the sorority house.

Joe and Kaitlyn at the Dad's Day lunch.

Kaitlyn and Michael at the date party last weekend. I can't remember what the theme was but she and Michael went as the numchuck and controller for the Wii game.

I had fun making my pies this year at Thanksgiving. I put a little twist on each one. This one had upside down longhorns on it. The pumpkin was the right color (burnt orange).

My pecan pie had a violin and musical notes on it. However, the pie didn't set up right and was all runny. I ended up throwing it out.

My cherry pie had football helmets and the state of Oklahoma on it.

We had Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday night so Kaitlyn and Michael could go to Tulsa on Thursday and spend Thanksgiving at his mother's house at noon and at his father's house at 3:00. It was nice actually to have Thanksgiving on Wednesday night (I had the day off) and then just eat leftovers on Thursday. Friday Kristen and I got up and drove to Dallas for 2 days of shopping. Joe went hunting with a friend in Altus, OK so he paid for our hotel room in Dallas. We went to the Outlet Shoppes in Allen, TX first then stopped by IKEA (that place is cool) in Frisco before heading to our hotel. We ate dinner at Uncle Julios (mexican). We got to our hotel room early enought to see "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" but our hotel didn't have CMT on their cable lineup. We ended up going to bed early to rest up for Saturday. We got up Saturday morning and went to Nordstrom Rack and Off-Fifth Sacks store. Then went to Northpark Mall and the Galleria. Kristen spent the most money, I was good. Here is a picture of the beautiful tree on the ice rink at the Galleria. We drove home last night and got here around 8:00. I fought the strong north wind all the way home. I had a great time and enjoyed the short getaway for my birthday. Tonight I work at the annual Advent Festival at our church. I'm helping the middle-schoolers make hanging scented pine cones.