HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I can't believe 3 weeks have past since the last blog! Time flies when you're having fun, or when your whole family gets infected with the plague (or at least that's what the stomach bug seems like as it slowly and silently accosts your spouse & children one by one). I won't go into detail, but let's just say I hope that never happens to us again.

We've been a little busy, too...Lee got to go fishing in Arkansas with a few friends, and I was able to take the girls to see my parents (Nana & Papaw). Also, a couple of weeks ago, we took the girls to the drive-in to see the Bee Movie (not so great, but the kids loved it). We met a few other fams there who also have small children, and I'm pretty sure the highlight for the kids was getting to sit in the back of the suburban and eat popcorn & candy for 2 hours.

We've also reached the last few weeks of our training for the White Rock...although getting the plague set me back a bit, I think I'll still be able to reach my goal of going sub-2:00 for the 1/2-marathon.

Addie has picked up a new skill....eating with a fork! She is amazingly coordinated for a 13-month-old.

And that catches us up to today, Thanksgiving, and it's SNOWING!! Hard to believe, since it has only gotten down into the 50s a couple of times, and that it was 80 DEGREES just a couple of days ago!! Mom & Daddy, I'm glad we decided to stay here since we wouldn't have been able to come in this weather! We had fun eating 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year. We had the first one last night @ Tim & Terri's, with the whole family minus David who is in Zambia, Africa. (We got to talk to him this morning, though, and it was great to hear all about his daily life over there...couldn't be more different than ours!) We got to have our second Thanksgiving dinner at Cameron & Christin's this afternoon, and they had several other couples over who were spending the holiday here in Midland.

So, the following are some pictures and videos from this month.

Jackson, Addie, Jayce, Lane, & Annalee @ the drive-in
Addie "reading"
Addie eating with a fork (short video)

me & Addie @ Cameron & Christin's
me, Megan, & Lindsy
happy girl
Lane & Annalee eating snow

Lane, Annalee, Carter, & Mason
Addie playing with snow for the first time!!
Annalee saying cheese

Happy Birthday, man of many hats...

...Not literally. Lee has a few material hats, but he wears so many metaphorical ones. He wears a husband hat, a daddy hat, a son hat, a friend hat, an in-law hat, a nephew hat, a brother hat, an uncle hat, a provider hat, a protector hat, a leader hat, a worker hat, a teacher hat, and many others. I am the luckiest girl in the world to have a husband who wears so many hats so well. Thank you, Lee, for everything you are and everything you do!!! We had so much fun celebrating your birthday last night...the girls especially loved making the home-made wrapping paper. (See above photo)

Annalee got to dress up as a flower for the costume party at mothers-day-out yesterday. Although we Dunns are not celebrators of Halloween, it was fun to get to see her in her costume.