Not just ankles

We learned this week that Jackson's extreme bruising and swelling is not exclusive to sprained ankles. He jammed his thumb playing basketball and the bruise has been slowing making its way to his palm. It is quite a sight.

Jackson went to play basketball this morning, before he left I noticed a theme to his outfit. Do you think he loves the U enough?

It's Cara's Birthday!!!!!!!

Cara turns 27 today (Dec 18th)

As you all know, Cara loves all birthdays, especially her own. Which makes celebrating her birthday all the more fun.

As a tribute to Cara, here is a collection of random photos of her.

Enjoy

Christmas

We have participated in some of the Austin area Christmas happenings. We went to see Christmas lights on one of the number streets and we also went and saw Bethlehem village which, interestingly enough, had people with who hair all over. It was awesome. We also went shopping for maternity clothes. Jackson was not impressed with the fancy dress I found. It was awesome.

Thanksgiving

These are in no particular order thanks to the iphone, but they chronicle our Thanksgiving week in Texas with my family. Shopping at the outlets, nightly light parades, boating, Thanksgiving dinner, eating out around the town, etc., etc., etc. It was an awesome week.

Surprise!

They started out as 8 cell embryos and now look like babies. Baby a and baby b are heading our way in late April or early may.

operation contact joe tingey

Jackson and his friends launched a facebook campaign to contact their friend Joe who had been incommunicado for a while. To complete this operation we met the Scruggs' and Lawrence's in Dallasii this weekend to hang out and to see Joe and meet his fiance. It was a roaring success.

Proof that Joe is alive and well at Costa Vida.

We ate out, hung out and spent what little time was left sight seeing. The girls sent the boys home to play Mr. Mom while we went to Footloose. It was wonderful watching a chick flick without Jackson making it a "comedy" with his commentary.

We went to check out Cowboy Stadium and the Texans Stadium where the World Series is currently being played. The gift shop was the only part of Cowboy Stadium we could see without paying a small fortune.

So we made the most of their foam products.

We rented a house to optimize time spent together, it was awesome. We had a dance off with the Wii. It was a highlight of the trip. I was the only person who had had the privilege of seeing Jackson dance. And mind you these were his high school friends, they have known him forever.

Emily killed it, which was even more impressive than it would normally be given that she is 8.5 months pregnant.

A couple of random pictures. The finished 10 generation chart and Jackson trying to find his inner Texan.

randomness

Jackson is getting on my case for not posting for a while. Here are some old pictures. Mostly from my phone.

Two completely random pictures taken by Jackson. I think the first is showing how much we got rid of during the move. The second is Hobbes' vampire tooth which Jackson is fascinated by.

I spent several days spray painting furniture this summer. Hobbes likes to hang out in boxes.

Surfing behind my brothers boat. The cupcake place from the opening credits of Friday Night Lights.

This one is really old. I got really bored at work once.

Jackson in Newport.

Hobbes sleeping in our closet. Boss sitting in front of a sprinkler to cool off.

I dream of Frita Banditos every day. I swear I do. Anyone want to mail me one?

Jackson, Walker and Jordan grocery shopping. Jackson getting a feel for his dream table.