It's Travelin' Time!!!

It is time to go!!!!

We leave early in the morning for Iowa!!!

We have a few stops to make along the way,

but Thanksgiving is coming!!!!!

We are headed to Granma and Pappy's 

first to borrow their truck for the week.

We will leave Saturday for Lincoln,

for a quick stop to pick up some of 

our stuff that we had to leave there 3 years ago!

(yea, I know, it's way over due!)

And then......

IOWA!!!!

To spend my favorite holiday with ALOT 

of my favorite people, my Furne family!!

The boys are super excited as well!

(they forget how long the drive is)  ;)

But they love going to Iowa and seeing

the Furne side of the family!

Only seeing them once a year, makes it 

super special to see them!

My dad and brother will fly in as well!!

I love Thanksgiving!!!

We are praying that the van cooperates

at least to Arkansas!

And of course, we are praying for 

SNOW!!!!

only while we are there, not to drive in! :)

Not too picky you know!

After we get home, I will try to post some 

pictures before all the Christmas

business begins!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Mom, I'm REALLY cold!!!!

You know your child is a Texan when...

he HATES the cold.

Yes, Kru-man is definitely a Texas kid!

Moving here shortly after his 1st birthday,

he doesn't remember the cold of Nebraska!

He hates being cold!

This weekend was pretty much miserable for him.

"I don't want to be cold!" he was saying

as he was crying!

He wants to wear shorts all the time and doesn't

like the long pants!  Again, proving that he

is a southern baby!

Yes, all of our blood has thinned since being here, 

but all of us, except for Kru,

enjoy breaking out the long pants and jackets!

I think it also proves that no matter where you were born,

it's what you are used to, and Kru is most definitely used to

HOT and heat and Texas!

I think it's funny!

P.S.

You should hear his accent!

and I'm not so sure if I think that is funny!!! ;>)

Soccer Tournament

Yesterday, was Dakota's soccer tournament. 

We had 2 games and possibly a 3rd if we went to the championship game.

Yesterday, was also the coldest of the year so far!  

Yes, I am from Nebraska and no, it wasn't Nebraska cold, BUT it was Texas cold!

Yes, I have turned into a cold wimp and my blood has thinned in the 3 years living here, but it was a nippy 30 something degrees with the chilly wind blowing!

We headed out to the fields around 8:30 and after warming up, they boys won their first game!

Dakota scored twice! 5-0

Dakota had a fan section at the 1st game!

Thanks Jordan, Mary, Crystal, Nichole and Becky for coming out

to support Dakota!  and helping me with Kye and Kru!

Crystal
Mary, Kye and Becky

And then we came back at 1:00 for our second game and it was a good one!  

Making one of your goals!

Nice lookin' corner kick!

It was still cold, but the boys played well and and won that game too 6-1.  Dakota scored 3 times!  2 shots were so pretty, but I was busy cheering that I didn't get a picture, but the boys were working so well as a team, passing and setting each other up!  It was great!  

We were going to the championship game!  :) at 6:30, a night game!  

I was worried that it would be really cold, but the wind stopped and it was chilly, but actually warmer than the earlier games!  The boys played well again and we won!!!  For the past 3 seasons, our team, Thunder, has been runner-up!  But this year, we are finally the champions!!!!

The boys were way excited!!!  Dakota made 2 assists and the score was 3-1.

We just won the championship game!!!

Dakota and best friend, Roberto!

We got our medals!!!!

The Score Board!!!

Way to go Blue Thunder!!!!

Kye's Fall Sing-a-Long

Forest Ridge had its 50s fall sing-a-long on Friday.

The 8 Kindergarten classes sang,

"How much is that Doggy in the Window"

hence the dog ears!

Kye, who loves to sing, was not shy at all and 

did a fabulous job.  He was standing in the 3rd

row back, so I couldn't get that good of pictures, but

he did great!  I even took video, but I can't figure

out what is wrong with it, I can only hear it not see it!

So no video! :(

He knew all of the words and did all of the motions!

So cute!

After the 1st and 2nd graders did their pieces, 

all 400 some kids sang the Twist and 

You Should Have Known and then the school song,

Fabulous Falcons!

All the teachers were in costume as well and this is

Kye's teacher, Mrs. Birkenhoff.

Dallas Comic Convention

KidKong's Table in Dallas

Darrin drove up to Dallas this past weekend for a comic book convention.

After working with Jorge for over a year, the two finally met!

They had a table with all of Kaeru-Boy's stuff and Jorge's other books.

Leading up to the weekend, Darrin was totally excited!

Obviously, not the first comi-con he has been to, but definitely 

the first one in which he was an artist on artist alley.

Signing his FIRST copy!!!!

Darrin made over $200 drawing sketches for people this weekend.

Some of Kaeru-Boy, but they ranged from Koala bears to 

Superman.  Charging $10 a pop, he was kept busy all 3 days!

Kaeru-Boy comics, posters and figurine!

Halloween

Yes, it was that time of year again!

And these are our masterpieces that we carved!

Dakota's, Kye's, and Kru's

This year Dakota and Kye did their own completely!

I was impressed!!!

Kru, using my iPhone and the pumpkin game, 

found the face he wanted on his pumpkin and mom made it happen!

This was pretty much as close as Kru would get!!!

After mom took out the nasty moldy guts, Kye was way into his design!

Dakota gutted his own and began cutting his face!

And then it was the actual night!

We all dressed up for a fun night of trick-or-treating and a party to boot!

The Stephens Clan!!!

Darrin was the guy from Guitar Hero
I was a gypsy/pirate
Dakota was a pirate
Kye was the Human Torch
and Kru was a Dragon

3 out of 5 people in my family had eye makeup on! :)

And yes, Darrin actually shaved his head into the mohawk!

Look!!!!

We had a great time with friends and of course, 

the boys each got tons of candy!

Kye and Kru without their hot head pieces on!!!

Anson and crazy lookin' Dakota!!

Yeah, I know it's sideways, I couldn't figure out how to turn it

but here is Bryce, Dakota and Reese!  The 3 Pirates!!!

Just Darrin and me!

The costumes only lasted for the door-to-door trick-or-treating!

As soon as we returned to the Hendrick's, they came off!

Kru's hair was wet with sweat and Kye's flamin' hair piece thingy

didn't even make it through the door-to door!

We cut Dakota's pirate pants to shorts to be cooler as well!

It was hot!!!

It was a great evening!!

The only thing I regret is I didn't get a picture of our 3 Stephens boys together! :(