Alright, So I went to Texas and threw my Mother a surprise party for her fifty-fifth birthday. I was a little skeptical as to whether or not I would be able to pull off the surprise. But we did and it was so much fun. We wore big flowery hats and had a nice little lunch while Chris serenaded us with some music. Most of my mom's friends were able to make it and the ones who had prior engagements all took time to call or send a card. I just wanted her to know how much we love and appreciate everything she does for us. We love you Mom.

Also while in Texas we went to the zoo. Tyler has one of the best zoo's I have ever been to. One of my favorite things is the Bird walk about where you can feed the parakeets bird seed and let them fly all around you. They really loved Chris and Benny. Benny did not love them so much. They also have lots of big cats and a play ground for the kids. It is really a fun place. If you are ever passing through Tyler Texas you have to check it out.

We also took a trip to San Antonio for a medical school interview. While Chris was at the school me and my cousin James went to Sea World. It was a lot of fun especially without my kids. I will definitely have to bring them back though cause there was a lot of fun kids stuff to do. The Shamu Believe show was pretty cool but the music was pretty lame, although James said he cried, what a wuss. All the if you just believe you can be anything you want even a whale trainer that holds poor whales hostage in a little tank and makes them do tricks for food, was pretty nauseating. It just made me think they must be desperate for help. The new baby Beluga whale was cute and it was really fun getting to pet and feed the dolphins.

I also got to see my beautiful nieces and my cute nephew who is Benny's age. They are growing way to fast. Nicholas went right back to calling Benny "Benny Boy" like he had never left. I hope we will live closer soon so they can get to know each other better.




Before we headed home we went to see my Grandma Ledavon who was too sick to make the party but feeling better for our visit. We had fun beating her in scrabble.


Although we had fun in Texas it was good to get home and back in a routine. Chris has started school. I have started school with Benny, well a little fun preschool we do with some other moms and Caleb is trying his best to not walk. We know he can he just would rather crawl, but like Benny he is super fast. Also we found out that we have another healthy active little boy on the way in January. Our Sonographer was great she spent a long time showing us all his little parts, his heart and lungs and even his spine. Then we got cute shots of his feet and arms. We are so excited to have another future missionary. Only six more to go before we will have our baseball team. Although I don't think I will ever be able to rent another chick flick again.