Last weekend, we went to Sammie and Brent's and ate dinner. We took our Wii over and had a great time. Here's a picture of Stratton and Eston wanting to play! We had been playing games on the Wii Fit board. They both had the same idea, I guess, because they both stood on it at the same time and looked at the tv like they were saying, "We're ready! Let's begin!" And both had sippy cups in hand.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving! I'm off of work for 4 days! Yipee! We are going to hang out at mom's tomorrow, since it's so much more fun over there. And we are going to watch the LSU/AR game Friday with some LSU friends. They'll be in purple; we'll be in red. We'll see who gets bragging rights. I'm not getting my hopes up. Ha! Corey and Whitney are coming in Saturday, and we'll go get my grandpa Troy from Marshall, and have Thanksgiving at my parents' house.

Happy Thanksgiving Second Birthday to Stratton Smith!

Here's a picture we took a couple of days after Halloween next to the pumpkin Travis carved to put on my parents' door step.

My mom loves to cook. She always made dinner when Corey and I were growing up. Always. And it was a meat, potatoes, veggies type of meal. She's pretty picky...won't eat cheese or most milk products, spices, or dressings. But it was always good nonetheless. Today, she will hardly let us help her. She wants everyone out of the kitchen so she can do her stuff. I think that's why I'm such a horrible cook today. She never really taught me. Travis on the other hand, does most of our cooking because he had to find a way to feed himself growing up. His dad was always working at the hospital. So, Travis had to learn. I was spoiled and never had to learn!

I wanted to post this picture of what Mom had waiting for Eston the other day. It cracks me up. But that tells you how much she loves us and does for us. If you know her, she's very selfless...is that a word? She never takes time for herself and is always trying to please others. With Dad sick and her taking care of him, she still cooks dinner for us. We try to make it over to their house a couple nights a week for dinner. We should be cooking for her...and lots of times, we do. But she still manages to sneak in a meal on us when she's got several things to do. And clearly worn out. My dad keeps her busy. She's done great keeping up with him. I knew she would.

Happy Veterans' Day and Happy Tuesday! (I'm trying to stay positive since the warm weather is gone. :-( ) I am not a cold weather fan. Last weekend we went to Fayetteville and got to visit our old stomping ground as my mom would say. We stopped in for little bit Saturday night to see Mitzi, Tim, and Sam. Sam shared his cars and trains with Eston...oh and crackers too. Well, actually Eston ate them all. And Eston got Sam in trouble a few times...he's learning to play with others and hopefully will get better in his new class at school. We've got to work on sharing and not stealing toys from others.

We missed Halloween this year. Hence the reason you have not seen a Halloween picture posted yet. Eston came down with double ear infections and a touch of pneumonia from a cold. So, he was running lots of fever on Halloween night. His Yoda costume is going to have to wait until next year. Thankfully, he's too young to know what he was missing.

When I usually think of Veterans, I think of elderly men. Those that fought in WWII (my great grandfather) or Korea or even Vietnam. Now, we've got several veterans who are young...my age and younger. And they aren't all men...women too. I'm stopping for a moment to honor all of the armed forces and all of the sacrifices they make all over the world.