Rusty with his dog...I had to beg him to let me take this pic

With the perfect tree

Helping her dad Of Course she is her mother...she thinks she can do it herself

Riding the hayride to the perfect tree

Paxton getting dragged around the yard by Scotter and Hunter

Analeise celebrating the big 21 and Mackey having an early celebration.

Of course, Tinkerbell cake.

Getting Kyle out of bed...old fashioned trick water on face. Works every time.

The lake house is not good for Mackey's hair!!! Only there and with supervision is she able to feed Kirby

"Better than Sex Cake"-Decorating by Leah

Toasting to GG': The cups she always made them use. We missed her this Thanksgiving, but we know she had a fabulous feast in Heaven

She has been begging for the Tinkerbell doll

Relaxing on the porch...SueSue and Kirby

Where life stands still

Hanging on for dear life

She looks so old here

Playing the leaves, only at the lakehouse!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

We headed to the small East Texas town where time stands still. Erika headed out with us and we enjoyed some shopping in Mineola. We ate the best hamburgers in Texas at East Texas burger. We had a relaxing time. We had 17 people fit into a 2 bathroom, 1 television, 1 kitchen table and lots of love in the lake house. We have enjoyed the lake house more than we imagined. When we go there the kids forget about watching television, you take naps on the grass, and jump in leave piles. We had LOTS of family time, football, and food. It was great to see Kyle and all the other cousins. I look forward to Thanksgiving with the Pigg's every year.

Friday morning we headed to Liberty City to go on the Polar Express. We drove to Palestine that night to ride the train. It was so much fun. They played the story and had the chefs dance, pass out cookies/hot chocolate, and Santa gave each child a bell. Saturday we headed to the Christmas tree farm. It has become a tradition every Thanksgiving. Where can you get a 10 1/2 ft tree for $57. Somehow that night we managed to play Mexican Train...I am happy to say Rusty did not win, Big Daddy did. In keeping with tradition we headed back to McKinney this afternoon to decorate for Christmas.

We have so much to be thankful for: healthy children, Brassy Blueberries that affords us extra money and time with my mom, the lake house, extended family, a house that is cozy and has