Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving Extravaganzas!

We definitely have a lot to be grateful and thankful for and instead of just celebrating a Thanksgiving day, we celebrated a 3-day Thanksgiving holiday and Mimi's birthday. It all began early Thanksgiving morning when all three of us loaded up and participated in the 5k Run to Feed the Hungry which is an annual event put on by the Sacramento Food Bank. This year there were over 31,000 people who donated money and participated in the run/walk.

After this very moving and special event, we headed over to Yaya and Bob's for turkey, stuffing and all the fixins'. Jack thoroughly enjoyed rolling the dough and buttering the biscuits that were absolutely delicious.

The next morning we headed to Redding for a few days with Mimi, Brent, Auntie Jessica, Uncle Randy and our cousin Zane. We enjoyed their Thanksgiving leftovers and then Saturday morning daddy, Brent Randy, Jamie and his brother Peter loaded up our truck and headed to Junction City at 4.30am for a day of steel-head fishing and freezing in 23 degree temperatures. But it was all worth it when daddy caught a great looking fish and actually took a picture to prove it. That afternoon we attended our Sousa reunion where Jack had a ton of fun playing with all of his cousins and mommy and daddy enjoyed chatting, drinking and hanging out with family as well.

Sunday morning was Mimi's birthday and we celebrated with breakfast and presents before we departed home. What a great holiday!


Our little racer




Daddy and Jack


Getting ready to start




Us with Yaya and Bob

The sea of people...so amazing!


We did it!


Making smoothies and applesauce for Yaya and Nana Muir


Jackson's parents! :)


Buttering those biscuits


Our little family

Licking the remains of the whip-cream spoon


A little Connect Four game with Zaners


Mimi built her boys a fort

Goofing around with Mimi


Daddy's fish...so awesome.


Giving Mika hugs and kisses


Mimi, Mommy and Jackson



Sitting on Mimi's fireplace


He was actually giving her a birthday kiss but our camera delayed...dang it!


Sweet cheeks

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The last few weeks




Jack thinks this flashlight is a camera. He'll walk up to you and say "cheese" and then look at the light after he takes your picture and says "cute"


Snuggles with dad





Was not liking the Yoda costume one bit!!