A Thanksgiving in Texas

We made our annual pilgramage to my home town this week. Arlington, Texas is a place I could never live again but I love to visit and get that homey feeling every once in awhile, but never in August. In just a few short days I had the chance to catch up with an old friend , spend lots of time with my dad and test my metroplex driving skills. We went to the Ft. Worth Zoo, played football on Thanksgiving, watched football on Thanksgiving, went fishing, ate our catch and finished it up with a great trip to Six Flags.

The pictures tell the whole story, it was fabulous... and tiring. :)

 

The Force is Strong with These Padawan

 

What a fabulous day we had!  It was 70 and sunny which is so rare for November in Iowa. We set up the party outside and it was perfect. Quinn was thrilled to have all his friends there and had so much fun. All the boys seemed to love it. The obstacle course seemed to be the best part. I love throwing a borthday party and if we do say so... we threw a mean Jedi party today.

The pictures above are of our Jedi obstacle course- 1) Escape from Endor, 2)The Rebel Alliance Headquarters, 3)Gungin City, 4)Down the Garbage chute in the Death Star, 5) Somersault past the Storm Trooper, 6) Climb into the Death Star and blow it up from the inside 7)Escape down the hatch 8) receive your lightsaber.

 

Here you can see some of the other activities, defeating Vader, making pizza in the Jedi Council, and breaking apart the Death Star pinata.

Lastly, here are a few pics of the prep and the friends. The fare of the day was Jabba the Pizza Hutts, Yoda Soda, FruitSabers, and Wookie Cookies to top it off. I love the smile on Quinn in these last ones, it is one of pure happiness. Just the way it should be on your birthday.

Quinn turns 7

7 years ago today we enlarged our family from 2 to 3 with the addition of Quinn. We love celebrating birthdays in our house and today was no exception. Quinn picked everything, right down to the Star Wars shirt he was wearing.  He loves the excuse to be the center of attention too. We took him to Chipotle for dinner and came home to eat Halloween candy and open presents from family. He is so fun to buy for. To him, each gift is the best one ever.  My favorite moment of the night is when Quinn opened the gift from Nolan and raved and raved over it and Nolan being so happy Quinn liked it. The bottom collage is dedicated solely to this moment. Precious. I love seeing the boy Quinn is becoming but I am starting to miss the little person it seems he just was. Happy birthday Quinn!