Farewell Texas Stadium

On December 20th we celebrated Joey's 40th birthday with a Cowboy game, the last game ever to be played in Texas Stadium. Other than the fact the Cowboy's should have just stayed in the locker room for the game, it was a wonderful time. We had venison, venison and more venison thanks to Brye's fabulous hunting skills. We tailgated for several hours prior to the game and barely escaped the worst cold front of the season so far. Our seats were as high as you could get which worked to our advantage given the weather. The mile walk back to the car was blistering cold and according to Julie the coldest she'd ever been in her entire life. The Farewell ceremony was pretty neat, kind of boring at parts, but they did actually turn the lights off with the fans still in the stadium which I thought was pretty cool. The Cowboy's lost but we had a fabulous time. Thanks Jenn for coordinating this wonderful trip, Happy birthday Joey and Farewell Texas Stadium.

It's A . . .

I am so far behind on my blogging so you're getting several posts at once!! On December 17th, Brye and I found out we will be having another boy!! Yes, I have the Carter Curse. In the past four generations of Carters, only two girls have been born. I'm very excited though. Bexley is going to be a great big brother and he is so boy, I'm not sure a girl would be able to keep up. Brye says they'll be best friends and if they turn out to be anything like my sisters and I they definately will be best friends. Our next task is the name game. I of course have picked out a name, but I'm just waiting on my other half to get used to it. We are trying to get Bexley used to the idea of having a baby brother, but he is not quite there yet. He knows theres a baby in mamma's belly, but also thinks there's one in daddy's belly and his own belly. Hopefully when mamma's belly gets bigger he'll begin to realize it.

The Word of the Week. . . . "Ration"

Our first Thanksgiving without our mother was as successful as it could be. My three sisters and I were in charge of the five day long menu and grocery list for 22 people, 5 of those being teenage boys. Needless to say there were several meals days where the word "ration" was used in conjunction with portions of food. We also used the phrase, "you snooze, you lose" at breakfast almost everyday. I think we went back to the grocery store three times for milk, ice and butter. Midnights at Allsups for "gut grenades" was the guys hotspot. The food however, was absolutely delicious; our mother was a great cook and taught us well. We have no idea how Nonnie did it. She was amazing. I have to admit we had a really good weekend. Thanksgiving dinner was great.
Friday, the kids got to play in the park, then we went to enjoy the festival of lights in City Park as well as meeting Santa. Bexley wasn't too thrilled, so no Santa pics to share yet.

Somehow we were able to get all 14 grandkids together for a group picture. It was quite an experience and not one single picture was perfect, but these were the best I could get. I guess that's the fun of it though.