It's been a long time since I made an entry into our blog. Life is just so busy with my work, the kid's piano, dance and soccer, not to mention their birthday parties and Halloween. Brianna's 8th birthday was last weekend. My mom, dad, brothers and sisters all came over for grilled chicken to help celebrate and then she had a sleepover with five other screaming girls that were non-stop noise until 2:30 am. Not sure if I want to this again next year. I am going to try to talk them into going somewhere like San Antonio or Disneyworld for their birthdays!
Dennis and I also celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. I can't believe we have been married that long! Seems like we just got married yesterday. Oh well, one day we will really celebrate when Brianna gets older. It's not her fault she decided to be born on our anniversary day. This past weekend we journeyed out to McNeese State University in Lake Charles on Friday to watch Alicia play volleyball. Harv, Sue, Nanny, Michelle and Greg met us there. Although they lost, we had a good time visiting with family.
We had a good breakfast the next morning at the Comfort Inn and drove back to Houston with Greg. Uncle Boogie is staying with us for about a week to help Dennis with a few projects. We made it in good time for Denise's soccer game. They won 5-0 and Denise played really well, almost making a goal. After the game they had to get ready for Halloween. Brianna was dressing up as a zombie doctor and Denise was a zombie gladiator. They looked really scary. This is the first year they were being something scary, I guess the princess days are gone! We went to a party where they went trick or treating, had a haunted house and played games.
Lots of fun but way too many kids! I had left Greg and Dennis in charge of all the candy at our house to give out. They really weren't too happy about that, because LSU was playing Tulane at the same time all the kids would be coming over. They did a really good job though, all the candy was gone so they must of ate it or there must have been plenty of kids show up at our house. Denise and Brianna collected lots of candy, enough to last a while if they keep it away from dad!
On Tuesday we drove to Port Arthur to visit my mom, dad and my visiting cousin, Estevan and his wife Georgetta from Surinam in South America. I have not seen him since I was about 5, but I still remember when he lived with us for a little while.
He and his wife have retired and are visiting family and friends in the US. It was such a nice visit with them and we enjoyed spending a little time with them. On Wednesday we were all going out to eat at Texas Roadhouse in PA but it was not open until 4:00 pm so we went to Sartin's in Nederland instead. The lunch all you can eat was great, shrimp, catfish, crab balls, french fries and salad. It was way too much to eat but I somehow made room in my stomach for it! After eating lunch we said our goodbyes and drove over to Baton Rouge to visit the Shaffers. The roads were full of cars and it took us an extra half hour instead of the normal 3 hours. 
Today, the guys were frying the turkey while Denise and Brianna made pilgrim hats for dessert. Sue cooked all the sides and brisket also. My niece, Samantha looked so pretty I asked her to try her hair skills on Denise. They looked so pretty for stuffing their faces. Yum, yum everything was great. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I just have to say many, many thanks for my wonderful family and friends. 
