Irene's Blog: Birthday, Thanksgiving and more....

Monday, December 1, 2008

Birthday, Thanksgiving and more....

So the past week has been pretty hectic. Last Tuesday was Aaron & Parker's birthday. Of course the girls were very excited to help Aaron open cards and presents. Aaron turned 34 and Parker is now 9. The girls (mostly Natalie) enjoyed the cupcake that followed. She is getting pretty good at this birthday stuff and kept singing Happy Birthday all day and kept saying how she was going to blow out the candle. I am sure that given that all of our birthday's have come up in the past month she is probably wondering when is hers.

Then on Thursday of course it was Thanksgiving. It was a little weird this year since we were not with the Merkin family. For the past 9 years I have spent Thanksgiving with them and it was strange not to be together. It was pretty much like any other day for us, playing with the girls and Aaron made a very yummy meal. The turkey we had was huge, since the smallest one I could find was a 16 lb turkey, just for us. We have eaten a lot of turkey in the last couple of days.....

Then on Friday my friend Val and her husband Eric and their kids Caleb, Jackson and Tristan came to visit. The live in Virginia and are going to be staying with us for a little over a week while Eric has some work to do in San Antonio. Caleb & Jackson are identical twins and are about a month older than Natalie. Tristan is almost 6 months old. Natalie is having a blast playing with the boys but things are a little crazy here with 5 kids but it is fun watching them all play together. We will be trying to keep them entertained and show them around Austin and enjoy the nice weather before they head back to the cold winter in Virginia

Here are some pictures from the past week.

Happy Birthday Aaron!