Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Celebrate Good Times!

A few weeks ago (hard to believe it's already been a few weeks now) most of my family came in to town for Teagen's baptism & the BYU/Oklahoma game. My parents, brother Paul & his little family (Nat & kids-Ethan, Brooke, & Tyler), brother Shawn & his wife Jessica, & my sister Angela (aka-Lala). I guess that is not most of my family, not even half my family, but it still seemed like a lot of people. Angela's friend came as well---she is a big BYU fan.
Any how, we had such a great time! Kiley was able to come home a few days early from Dallas & we were able to accomplish a lot while everyone was here. I already posted about the baptism so I will share the happenings after that! We headed up to Dallas shortly after the baptism for the big game. He has a nice apartment he is staying in up there & the other anesthesia resident let us use his apartment cause he was heading back to SA for the weekend. It was nice to not have to worry about a place to stay. I didn't go to the game. I stayed at the apartment with the two little girls. We met up with one of our dearest friends from medical school & byu days, the Huffinator! I only got to visit with Jeremy for a few minutes, but it was so much fun to see him! They all had a great time at the game & was pleasantly pleased that we won! It was also my brother Shawn's birthday that same day & so it was a fun present for him! We spent the next day up in Dallas, sight seeing & all that jazz. We went to the Dallas Temple to check it out...Very beautiful! I really enjoyed Dallas & thought it was a pretty neat city. We went to the River walk & Alamo, something you have to do at least once if you visit San Antonio. We celebrated lots of birthdays, ate some good food, watched lots of movies, swimming, lots of playing, & a little bit of relaxing, too! I was sick with some nasty stomach bug, so I felt like crap the last day or two, but still enjoyed having everyone here! Thanks family for coming! We love & miss you!
Liv looked so cute in the dress Grandma brought her for the baptism!
After the baptism, the kids blew bubbles & jumped on the trampoline while we got loaded up for Dallas!!!
Ethan, Teagen, & Brayden were sure excited to get to the big game! They had so much fun!!

Went to breakfast the next morning....
Kiley's apartment had a cool swimming pool, so we took the kids out to play! They had a great time!
Chillin in the apartment! A pretty tired group! Not quite ready for the long drive back to San Antonio!

We had to go see the beautiful Dallas Temple! We were sad the grounds were closed, but at least we could still see it from the road!
You can't come to Texas & not have some of Rudy's famous BBQ! The family LOVED it, especially the creamed corn!
Kids excited faces.....can't wait to eat Rudy's BBQ!

The Alamo....need I say more!
Rainforest Cafe....it was Shawn's bday, so they made him act like a gorilla...didn't have to act much! :)
On Labor Day, we took the kids to our friends pool. We had it all to ourselves!
Celebrating every one's birthdays! The cupcakes were a success!
One last day to play.....Liv & Brookie had a good time fighting over everything! Girls, girls, girls=DRAMA!
Kissing Grandpa Tom goodbye!
Grandpa Tom giving all the grand kids the infamous two dollar bill!
Grandpa Tom & Grandma Shirlee with the kids!

We miss you all!

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