Deep in the Fart of Texas

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Bree sang in her kindergarten program. She did a great job! We were proud parents.

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Cool things to see in Corpus. Great for sight seeing.

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Pretty pictures of Corpus Christi!

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Some fun days at the beach and the bay front. Also Bree's tearful first day of school...thank goodness it got better. She loves it now and can't wait for Thanksgiving break to be over. A week away from friends is just too long she said.

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Cute Halloween kids!

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Everyone keeps asking what our house looks like so I finally got some pictures taken. Sorry it took 3 months. I didn't do the bedrooms due to constant messes:)

Proud of our little Girl!

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The beautiful wildflowers on the sides of the highways and by-ways seemed to be cheering Bree along too!

We all got to cheer for her when they called her name and she went up onto the podium. It was a fun moment to celebrate all the work she has done in practice over the last 7 months.

Sweet Bree is getting older. She got various ribbons for the skills she displayed at her meet.

Gymnastics Too

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Other events include the balance beam, floor, and vault!

Gymnastics

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We went to our first gymnastics meet and our first sporting event as parents of a participant. Luckily, it was non-competitive and mostly just a chance for our little Bree to show off all the stuff she has been practicing. This is her on the bar - she was the most afraid of it, but did well (with a little help :)!

2009-12-06T11:44:00.000-06:00

This past month has brought us more visitors, our good friends the Siverts. We went to Sea World and had a great Thanksgiving together. The kids have been sick this past week so that's not so fun. Things are just moving along here for us, only 7 1/2 months until we can relocate! Yea!!! We are so excited for the Fellows fam to come for Christmas. Also to see Jake who just came home from his mission, Trey hasn't got to meet him yet. And none of us have got to meet little Julian, the new cousin to join the family. Isn't family great! Have fun with the Pics...love y'all.

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I seriously hope this goes away. She looks so awful it's sad.

2009-12-06T11:38:00.000-06:00

The poor kids have had horrible eye infections which we see no end to yet, and have now started in on some pretty hearty colds. Awesome!!!

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Sofee...the phone's for you. She just picked the phone up and started walking around the house.

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Bree decorated the tree almost all by herself.

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Trey loves the BALLS on the christmas tree!

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We went to a park that had a big Christmas light display, the kids loved it. And we were a little warm because it was 75 degrees and really humid that night.

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Don't we look cute???

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Shamu Santa...everyone needs a picture with a Shamu Santa.

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Trey liked the Penguins...I think it's because he watches Diego and they always save the penguins on that show.

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Cute boys

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Cute girls!

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This was one of the slowest most boring rides ever, but all the kids could ride so we did it.

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Aren't these whales beautiful.

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Everybody loved the Shamu show!

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Dolphins feel kind of like a wet suit.

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Bree loved feeding the dolphins, isn't she cute!

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The shrieking eels

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Bree liked the sharks

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We watched the Stingrays and fish have lunch.

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We were watching the stingrays and sharks get fed and a scuba diving Santa showed up.

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At Sea World they showed a clip of The Polar Express in 4D. Meaning it was 3D plus other sensations. Examples: during the hot chocolate scene on the train the theater smelled like hot chocolate, when the train started up the theater filled with fog, when the train was going really fast our seats rumbled, when the train skids to a stop on the ice we got a squirt of water all over us, and at the end it snowed on us. The kids really liked it.

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Daddy and Buddy

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Bree was scared to even go by the alligators, even though there 2 fences between us and them.

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Jeff really wanted a turkey leg at Sea World...well he found one. Trey is looking on longingly.

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I don't even know how that walrus can move, he was massive.

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We got to see the Sea Lion show, the kids really loved it.

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The Budweiser Clydesdale horses were at Sea World (not sure why, but they we're pretty)

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Trey liked that he got to sleep in the big bed at the hotel.

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Story time

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Silly babies

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Pumpkin Pie...yummy!

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Watching Santa come through the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Isn't that cute?

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Buddy feeding the ducks and turtles.

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Best Friends!

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One big happy family

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Our kids just love a good beverage...The Elder family is to blame for that one:)

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Cute smile buddy

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We've never been that close to an elephant, it was stinky!

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There was an elephant walk at Texas A&M (a tradition) so we went over to visit the elephants.

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Cute kids

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Trey and Brook playing the elephant game. They would just let all the butterflies fly to the ground then pick them up and fill their nets. That's one way of doing it...

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Bree and Abby

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I swear if I ever see one of these in my house, I'm out of here!

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Big Texas bugs

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Huge daddy long leg spiders. GROSS!

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This guy didn't seem very happy...we just left him alone.

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Daddies and Babies

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A nice Sunday walk lead us to this nice little pond.
Actually if there were gators in College Station this is where they would've lived. Kind of a swampy murky pond, if you fell in who knows if your getting out. Still it's the end of November and we're in shorts, so that's something.

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Jake and Jeff got to go to a football game together. Texas A&M won...Yea!

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Siverts came to visit just in time! New Moon had just come out, so Marianne and I got to see it together. If you couldn't tell we kind of joined team Edward.

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Silly kids wanted to swing together like this. Looks uncomfortable to me, but they love it.

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Trey and his friend Isaac playing ball at the park.

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Bree loves doing hand stands, bridges, and cart wheels.

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Bree is doing really well on the rings

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Bree was the student of the month at gymnastics.

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Sofee kept trying to get her bandage off so we did our best to cover it up. She looks humiliated! (She got the diaper off)

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Poor little tummy!

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Sofee had surgery on November 3rd for a portosystemic shunt. Apparently she's had this from birth. It is an extra vessel from her bloodstream bypassing her liver. Thus taking toxins from her blood to her brain and making it swell. That is why she was acting like an Alzheimers patient. Luckily a month and $2,600.00 later she's back to her old self. We're not sure if that's good or bad yet:) Oh and they removed a lima bean sized bladder stone from her little body as well. Glad that's over!

2009-11-03T16:19:00.001-06:00

Sorry that we haven't updated for so long, but I think I've caught up. Hope you enjoy the pictures and I'll try to add some videos soon. Love ya'll:)

2009-11-03T16:15:00.002-06:00

Trey didn't quite have the point of the game down. But he ate his donut so I guess that's good enough.

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Bree wanted to do the eat the donut off the string without using your hands game. She did great.

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This dog was at the Trunk or treat, we had to take a picture because she looks just like Darla. I know what Darla is going to be next Halloween. Pretty Pretty Princess!

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Bree can't just simply smile for the camera.

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Trey kept trying to steal suckers from our candy bowl, and then he would get them all fuzzy and dirty so we would take them away. Needless to say he wasn't happy with us.

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Bree and Trey at the Trunk or Treat

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Buddy loved bowling at the Halloween carnival. Mostly he just liked throwing the ball.

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Pumpkin kids

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Our Halloween dinner, as always the kids liked the dry ice bubbling cider.

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Bree drew the face for her pumpkin and did most of the carving herself. What a big girl!

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Carving pumpkins. Trey didn't want to get his hands dirty, he had fun though.

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The messy hair boys.

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Bree taking care of her own shopping.

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More fun at the childrens museum