Thanksgiving

Doug's cooking adventures led him to make chipotle sweet potatoes, and a sweet potatoe pie. Nanny Falke is standing behind him holding up the Indians, which were beautiful. Cute!

Wendy and Annie, who is actually a month younger than Sherman. She is a fun puppy, and we hope that she is getting better from the worms that made her sick before the trip.

"The girls" - Wendy, Becca, Kylie, Molly, Hannah, Me (cute picture, huh? bleck.) and then in front we have Abby, Jennie, Macy, and Amy. We all watched "Bride and Prejudice" together during the trip, and it was a blast. The Falke women are truly amazing.

Prettiness at La Grange

This is a beautiful place. I hope I get to go next year!

The oft-spoken of dam, which was a very funny joke in the family.

La Grange

I missed out on the trip to La Grange because I was too sick to venture out that day. But Doug (and Sherman) had fun hiking around!

The intrepid climber, Sherman.

Cute Jennie! We drove up to the top of the Sierra Nevada mountains to take some pictures, have a fire and cook some yummy hot dogs and popcorn (and eat Dad's wonderful CHILI), and Jennie was always at the edge of the cliff! I was scared she would fall off. She's a brave girl (and a good basketball player, too :)).

Beautiful sight

Doug took this somewhere (I was too sick to go out that day, so I don't know where this is), and I think this is one of the prettiest pictures I have ever seen.

Eagle Scout

Neil held his Eagle Scout Court of Honor while we were all in town for Thankgiving. It was a really special night to celebrate his accomplishments. What a good kid! I'm very proud of him.

(In back) Doug, Becca, Hannah (In front) Amy, Jennie, Neil

Becca and Molly smiling big!

The people who really made it all happen! :)

Family!

Becca, Me, Amy, Wendy and Annie!

That's my guy!

Doug's parents having fun together! They are great people to be around, and I sure do love them!

Gross, Dad.

Here is the big, nasty tarantula that Doug's dad found at the lake.

Prettiness at Lake McSwain

The lake while rowing.

The hillside where we stopped to eat and play.

And me being obsessed with little details.

Are we getting anywhere?

Us canoeing on Lake McSwain over Thanksgiving. I was too scared to actually turn around in the canoe, so this is what I got from holding the camera over my head to get a picture of Doug rowing.

Basically the cutest picture ever

Okay, I know it's been FOREVER since I've updated the blog...look for Thanksgiving/Christmas pictures soon! But meanwhile, are these not the cutest dogs ever?

The view

Here is a view of the Midway at the fair from the top of the ferris wheel! It's crazy to see all the bright lights and the little, tiny people. This is the part where I would grab Doug's arm tight and hold my breath!

As you go up you can see the Dallas skyline really well. It's hard to catch in a picture, but it was cool.

Just one view of how big it is.

State Fair of Texas

"Howdy folks! I'm Big Tex..." We took Becca to the State Fair of Texas last night! Lots of people, beautiful weather, fried food...it was a blast! Doug got a pickle that had been soaked in Kool-Aid brine. I think it was pretty gross, but his fried oreos were good. I, on the other hand, had a Fletcher's Corny Dog - one of the 500,000 that they sell on average during the fair. Yummy!

Doug fell in love with the Dodge Challenger. Definitely a muscle car! And, well, very orange. He'll probably have more to say about that.

Here we are on the Ferris Wheel. Even though it goes nice and slow, it still freaks me out to be up so high. I couldn't even take pictures because I was afraid of letting go of Doug's arm (and of dropping the camera).

Beautiful Becca!

Becca!

Becca (Doug's sister) came to visit us for the weekend from BYU-ID. We had a lot of fun showing her around a litte, including at Williams Square in Las Colinas (where the famous horse statues are). She is thinking about moving down to Austin with us and maybe working for Doug when he opens his practice. She's so much fun to have around that we are really hoping she will!

What a cute couple! :)

Quick - it's getting away!