Thanksgiving

Attacking Dev

The young cousins

The foam pit

Dodge ball for the boys

Cambry having a blast

Hawkins girls

2 headed Jodi

Cousin love

Airplane ride with mommy

On the airplane

We headed out to Phoenix for thanksgiving. Boy was this an adventure. The girls and I flew out there on my birthday. Brady and his mom drove up there that night. We had some great girl time with just Jodi and I and the girls. We surprised the kids on there way home from school and even surprised the big 8th graders as they got off the bus. Thank goodness they were not that embarrassed that they had their whole family hiding behind a bush and they got off the bus. They are some cool kids cause I know I would have been embarrassed back in the day. That night Jodi wanted to take me out for my birthday dinner but my stomach was hurting. I thought it might have just been menstrual cramps so I treated it for that with midol.

The next day we went and did a crossfit workout with the Hawkins crew and I could not walk for the next 4 days. It was so good. I wanted to do more but my stomach was still in so much pain. Later that day we went to this great jumpy place and jumped for 2 hours straight. I was doing back tucks and backhand springs. This 31 year old can still do it!!!

The next day we got up early and went to watch Deavean play football. He was so cute in his little uniform. PS my stomach is still hurting and this is Thanksgiving. I am thinking it may be constipation so I treat for that and let's just say it was not a great idea. I ended up going to bed really early and leaving everyone.

The next day we go watch Deavean again. He does great. We hit up some black Friday shopping and end it with a night at the park playing a family game of soccer. We then head back home for some Mad Gab, barbie go fish and old maid. It was so much fun to play with everyone.

Our last day we went to the movies and just hung out before we left at 7 PM to drive through the night. The girls did great. I am still in pain but just taking a lot of pain meds.

We get home and I go to the urgent care to see what is going on. He thinks it is just a UTI. He does not think it is my appendix but says it might not be a textbook case and if it still hurts the next day to call so he can order a cat scan. Well it did hurt so off I go to the cat scan and then straight to the hospital to get it out. I had a rare case and it was wrapped around my colon. I was there for one night. I wanted to leave so they let me go the same day as my surgery. We moved 2 days later!!! It was a mad rush. My next post will be of the new house. I love it but wow it was some work getting here. My poor hubby has been working so hard to get everything perfect here and the old house ready for the new renters as I recover for my surgery. Whee I am tired again of just the storyline. I did so much with my appendix about to rupture. I am so glad it did not and I did not have to go the hospital in AZ. Loved being with the Hawkins for thanksgiving though!!!!

Halloween

The girls favorite part was handing out candy.

Cambry striking a pose.

Work it Addisyn

Addisyn and her boyfriend Solomon

The crew!

My Strawberry

Pumpkin Carving time

Party at the neighbors

Addisyn and her cute friend from the gym at the gym halloween party

Headed to the gym party

Sassy

I am slowly getting up to date. We have had a lot going on over here. We were in Arizona for 6 days, then the day I get back I go to the doctor and find out I have to have my appendix taken out all 2 days before we are moving and I have to pack, move and clean the old house. Whee I am ready to slow down which it has been this week!!! We love our new house! It is so beautiful.

So here are some Halloween photos. We were in Corpus the weekend before Halloween so we missed a lot of events. We just went trick or treating and had our annual picnic at the park! Addisyn was a cute little lady bug and Cambry was Strawberry Shortcake. We love face paint around here. We do it on a daily basis almost.

Girls first cheerleading competition

The girls are officially competitive cheerleaders. They had their first competition over the weekend before Halloween. It was in Corpus Christi which is about 2 and 1/2 hours away and at the beach. They did pretty good. They got 4th of 9 but did not advance to the next competition cause it was only for the top 3. Which was good and bad. The girls were kind of tired of doing cheerleading but all the other teams advanced and we were the only ones that did not advance. We will be done with cheerleading til next summer. I will not coach again but Addisyn said she wants to do it again. We will see about Cambry I might wait til she is a bit bigger. Although she is awesome and can already do her backhand spring on the trampoline. I am getting them a tumbling mat for Christmas so they can practice inside too.

Overall it was a great season and they sure were cute.

Daddy Dad at School

Massage before school

Daddy day at Cibolo Green

Proud to take her Daddy

Brady and Addisyn had a wonderful day at Daddy Day. He got to see what she does all morning long. She is so blessed to have such a wonderful dad. I am not waiting for Mommy day but I don't think that happens:/

Momma needed a vaction and got the best one POSSIBLE

Redondo Beach

We went shopping and also received free items from "The Talk" but I had to some how fit into my suitcase.

So I am a super Amazing Race fan and I saw one of the girls from the show working as a hostess at the Pink Taco. She was also in beauty pageants and gave a horrible answer.

We show someone filming in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive!

Chinese Theater was like 1 mile from out hotel. Pretty cool!!!

Big Brother winner Rachel and her fiance Brendon who was also on the show.

Beautiful Cassie who is also from Texas.

Besties for 20 years!

Universal City Walk

At CBS stuido!! So neat you could see all the sets!

Headed to "The Talk"

View from our hotel

We arrived!!

Driving to our hotel, so beautiful!

So my best friend and I are doing an annual girls get away! This year our destination was LA. We may be going back next year because we had so much fun!!! It was one of the best trips I have ever had(minus driving in LA) . We had a busy but fun schedule.

The second we got there we were off, we headed straight to The Price is Right. We barely made it and were running down the street but we made it and then had to wait forever. Like 5 hours of sitting and taping. It was a one time experience. It airs December 13 so set your DVRs. Then we headed to the hotel cause we had been up since like 3 and 4 and we were on a time delay so we were in bed at like 8 LA time but hey we are getting older.

Thursday we were headed to "The Talk" for a double taping. It was really neat. We got great seats both times. The second time they pulled us aside, they were waitng for a few VIP people but they never came so they placed us in those seats. We felt special. I was front and center, first row and all!!!

After that we headed to Ulta for hair and make-up. Then we went to our room to change and have few cocktails before our big Big Brother fianle party. It was awesome!!!

Frida was our free day, we drove around, shopped, ate lunch at places we wanted to, in and out burger and pink taco. We were tired from the night before so we were in bed early and Meghans flight left at 8 AM so we had to be up early. Mine did not leave til like 3:30 and my iphone broke so i had no navagition system but I did find Redondo Beach and was able to people watch and do my bible study. Then I found a mall and it was perfect. Everything went so well and it was great spending time with my best friend of 20 years!!!

Can't wait for next year!!