Happy Birthday Matt, Grandparent's Day, Thanksgiving and More

It has been a busy month. Matt got back from his trial in mid-November just in time to celebrate his Birthday. The boys and I took him to Rise- which was fabulous. 

On the Friday before that - Granny D came down for Grandparents Day at David's school. It was a fun visit, but we didn't take nearly enough pictures. Here are a few from Granny D's phone from school. David did a book report presentation on Malala Yousafzai 

On Sunday, we went to the Arbor Hills Nature Preserve in Plano for a hike... very cool place with lots of trails! 

We headed up to OKC on Wednesday to celebrate Thanksgiving with Matt's fam. On the way up, we stopped at Turner Falls - which was super fun! They have hiking trails and castles and a cool 77ft waterfall. David and I even got to do the zipline! 

 

Hiking makes Henry tired...

Checking out a cool art museum/hotel in OKC

My home project!

I got super sick last week and was in bed for almost 5 days. It sucked, but David was good at taking care of me and keeping me company.

David's senior buddy at school. His name is also Henry. I was signed-up for lunch duty and got to school just in time to catch the tail-end of the Senior Buddy holiday celebration.

Mad-Libs fun (and yes- the boys have revolted and refuse to wear PJ shirts at night)

2 weeks

We survived two whole weeks of Matt being out of town. It is a first and I am proud to report everyone is alive and well - no late dropoffs at all! 

Matt had signed up to teach at David's cub scout meeting on last week. The topic - sportsman ship and flag folding. I, of course, had to take his place and know absolutely nothing about either topic. Luckily, 8 year old boys are easy to amuse. So we did so fun activities (one involving a 6ft long 4x4 board that I brought in) and talked about fun flag facts (did you know there are actually 6 US flags on the moon). Lots of fun! David was scout leader and he did great. 

I really focused on getting home early and spending lots of good quality time with the kids this week. I have been so busy, I needed to catch up with the, And we had a great week!

milk mustache pictures

The boys also decided to go through Matt's old baseball cards. In the same bin, we found Matt's high school year books. Look how cute he was:

Late night walk resulting in boo-boos.. 

Today, Granny D is at St. Mark's for grandparents day and Matt comes home tonight. Looking forward to a great Thanksgiving next week!