November in Review!

Really, November is almost over with?!?! This month has flown by at record speed to me. I am totally good with that. That just means we are getting oh so close for our road trip to Washington for Christmas.

November, was a busy month for us. We finished up Jaycee's first soccer season by the 2nd weekend. We had an end of the season pizza party. It was a fun first season of soccer. The girls and the parents were fabulous! Jaycee also experienced her first friend sleepover. Jaycee's best friend from church, Chloe, also played soccer with us. Chloe asked to have Jaycee stay over at her house after their last soccer game. The girls had a fantastic time. Jaycee did great and loved it! She can't wait to have Chloe come stay with us now! I woke up several times during the night to check my phone and to pray, but I did survive her being gone. She was in great care with the Robbins' family, its just hard for a momma's heart to know that we are at this stage of life already with Jaycee. The bonus is that I think I will have a longer wait with Jackson!

Thanksgiving week was lots of fun. My sister and her girls came home Tuesday afternoon. Jaycee and Jackson were pretty much at my parents the whole week. Jaycee stayed the night Tuesday night, but Jackson wanted to come home. (Now you know why I think I will have him home a little longer). Wednesday we had lunch at my parents. Michael, my new brother-in-law, arrived that afternoon. The kids were thrilled when he showed up b/c his dog, Betto, had puppies. The puppies were 2 weeks old. 5 cute chubby black and white pups to love on! They got lots of love I tell ya. Wednesday night Kiley and Keely came to our house to stay the night with us. I have the best nieces in the world. They are so sweet. They help out and they are just fun to be with. Thursday we spent all day at my grandparents' house. Thursday night the kids stayed the night at my parents. Byron, my sis, and I went to Wal-Mart at Midnight! It was quite crazy! We go for the great deals on winter coats and pjs every year. We also were able to pick up a bike for Jackson at a great price, too. Wal-Mart was packed! The electronics section was impossible to get through. So many people we in line for the 5:00 AM madness. I applaud Wal-Mart,though. They had every checkout counter open. They had associates directing you to those check outs. We got to Wal-Mart just a bit after Midnight and were back at home by 1:30 AM. Friday, we had the Sutton Family Reunion. Saturday, we cleaned the house and had friends over for the Bedlam game. (OU vs.OSU) It was a fantastic game and a great evening with friends. Yesterday, we had church and then crashed for afternoon naps.

For the next few weeks we will be preparing for our road trip. As of right now we plan on taking the route through Colorado and Utah. We are praying that the weather will be good. At first we thought we were going to take the California route. We still possibly could. Hopefully the Colorado route will work. It will save us 6-7 hours of driving which will be HUGE!!!! Either way we are looking forward to our trip. The kids are excited even though they have no clue how long we will be in the van. Looking forward to all the memories made on our first family roadtrip as well as all the memories we will make in Washington with family and friends for Christmas 2010!!!!