The Holidays are Here!!!

So I am going to start this post with a few photos through out the past couple of weeks that I just love...Karly & Aunt Kate love to play! Copper and Karly love to look outside...Karly just loves copper :)

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Now... let the holidays begin... on Wednesday all us girls were up at my moms house to bake our ten million pies. Actually only nine, but considering there were only six of us enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, I think that is more than enough :/Katie worked on a pecan cheesecake (new recipe that David picked out) it turned out DELICIOUS!!! One of my new favorites! Amy stirred and stirred her lemon meringue pie (a Grandma June Favorite) it takes the longest time to make... but it is well worth it! My mom is the EXPERT pie maker... everyone always tells her she should open a bakery for her pies... she has got Grandma Junes crusts down to an art! Mom taught me this year how to make them, I am getting the hang of it...but I have a lot of practice ahead of me! I was in charge of the chocolate cream pies... when i was younger one of my favorite things was watching my grandma bake and always getting to lick the beater! Sooooo.... we all know what Karly got to do! She enjoyed it... to say the least :)Who wouldn't ?Then my mom gave her a lemon to try :/she tried it right away...poor baby...she couldn't figure out what was wrong with the thing...soooo sour...but she still kept going back for more :)Then it was time for a bath! Once bath time was over, and pies were made....Some play time with Aunt Kate (Karly just loves that!!!!)and we relaxed by the fire that Amy and Kar built.... mmmm I just love this time of year! On Thanksgiving day we headed over to Ricky's parents first... Grandma Kathie always goes straight in for the kisses! Karly goes straight for the food :)All the kids are loving that Karly can walk around and play with them now! Karly's favorite place is OUTDOORS! Me and my baby girl!!!!Then it was up to moms... Karly's seat was ready to go! Uncle David, Aunt Kate and KarlyKarly... just exploring! She LOVES celery sticks :) She would not let go of it all night! Karly and GrandmaAmy went in for a hug with RickyMom, Katie and AmyhahahahahahaSisters! Still has her celery stick! Then, it was time to grub...After our delicious meal, we decided to play some music with our wine glasses (Ricky's idea :)Then we played peek-a-boo....We had such a nice Thanksgiving...

hope everyone had a nice one too!!!

A Prayer for Our Puppy...

Our baby boy is a little hurt right now :( For those of you who don't know our big boy King, he was actually my St. Patty's Day present from Ricky almost 6 years ago! We ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DOG, at first glance most people are usually terrified of him, but once you get to know him, he is just a big love bug!!!This past week he was limping pretty bad, it had gotten to the point that he was not using his back left leg at all, and would not even get up to eat... a pretty big scare (his dad passed pretty young of leg complications, so we were kind of worried)... Turns out he has a torn ACL, the vet said we could either do surgery (which may not even correct it completely) or just let it heal, but the he will most likely injure it again :( He is on pain meds right now and we are letting him rest to let it heal and see how he does from here...Karly LOVES King... she loves most dogs anyways... but I think she has a soft spot for this big guy. Her eyes light up when she sees him! And he is just soooo awesome with her too! (Most people buy into the stereo-type of pitbulls that they are vicous animals, but we truly believe trained right... they are the PERFECT family dog!) And King has proved to be! Karly has been making sure to keep him company while he heals...Playing with him...He likes to roll over so she can rub his belly (or what he thinks is rubbing... she is actually just crawling ALL OVER HIM!) Our prayer is that our boy heals quickly and does not injure himself again:)Other than taking care of King we all have been just hanging out... me, Kar, Kt and Amy went to lunch together...Kar... checking out everyones plates! Sisters! Me and my baby girl! Auntie Amy and KarlyWith the weather changing to an enjoyable fall like scene here in California...We have had some BEAUTIFUL sunsets! MMMMM... LOVE IT! Even our turtles have been trying to enjoy the weather!

We have had story time with Grandma...And Kar got to spend a few hours with Dad while we went to go see the Michael Jackson movie... WE ARE HUGE MICHAEL JACKSON FANS!Mom and KateMe and AmyWe also went to Paulinas football game where they recognized the senior Football players and Cheerleaders... still can't believe she is a senior! She had the biggest family to walk with her :) Congrats Paulina... WE LOVE YOU! Karly was pretty wiped out after the game! And a little update on our little one......she is loving this walking thing!...She is just as happy as can be.......and we just can't get enough of her..our Karly girl! First Family shot we have gotten :)