November 2011

There are new babies born in my family every year. The newest arrival is from my sister Valayne and Peirce. Her name is Gema and she was born in September. I didn't get a chance to meet her until October and got to see her again in November. She is the sweetest baby and so cute. I got to babysit for a few hours while Valayne and Peirce when to a neighbors for a party. Even though she slept the entire time I was there, I was happy Valayne let me spend a little one on one time with her.

For Thanksgiving this year Jon and I both had the whole weekend off. That is the first time in our marriage that we both had all four days off. Jon's sister Kari and her husband Mike came up for the holiday. They used our camper and camped at a state park not too far from our house. We spent Thanksgiving dinner at our house and it was so nice to be together all four days. Here is a picture of Coy with Mike.

One of the things we did Thanksgiving weekend was visit Kari's and Mike at their camp site. We grilled hot dogs, and hung out in front of the camp fire. Austin played with the hot wheels Kari bought him and Coy learned to jump rope. It took all of us to show him how; he got better but still needs to practice.

We bowled in the Turkey Doodle Tournament on the 26. Coy and Jon were on a team. Austin and I were on another. If you bowled three strikes in a row you got a turkey. Jon got his in the first game. That was the only turkey won in our family. We all had so much fun and the boys are bowling better all the time. Next year they just might win their own turkey.