Thanksgiving in Waco with the Caprons

We got to celebrate Thanksgiving here in Waco this year with Jon's brother and his family and with Tim and Rhonda Capron.  In documenting the week with family, I have to start by mentioning that I ended up being very sick that week.  I kept thinking I was getting better only to have a fever return day after day.  I ended up in urgent care with pneumonia and strep.  I think that I had probably had the flu too.  I learned to be VERY thankful for good antibiotics during that week!  The family took over and made Thanksgiving dinner and other meals for us.  They also managed to be sweet about having to listen to my coughing all week long.  I haven't been that sick in a very long time. It was a good exercise for me in not being able to always have control in a situation!

Now on to the fun stuff.  I still managed to take some pictures of the different things we did together!
The boys and dads went to a rainy Baylor game.  They had a great time!

 

Of course there was lots of driveway and yard time.

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Abby and Sarah got to sit at their own special table for Thanksgiving dinner.  They loved getting to decorate the windows with turkeys!

The kids went swimming at Baylor.

The girls did some baking.



We went to Homestead Heritage Fair.









 





We had a great week together (minus the sickness!).

Caleb's Baptism

Caleb was baptized on November 23, 2014 at our church.  After my mom died in 2010, Caleb began asking me many questions about heaven and about God and Jesus.  One morning, he woke up and told me that he had asked Jesus into his heart the night before.  I failed to mark this day down (I'll blame that on my own grief process and on being very pregnant), but Caleb has been insistent since then that Jesus is in his heart and that he will go to heaven someday.  He was four years old when this all took place.  We are so thankful that Caleb is our son and our brother in Christ.  I will always look back on my mom's death as a huge part of what opened the door for Caleb to begin to understand salvation.  We thank Jesus that He has paid the price for our sins and that someday there will be a most beautiful reunion with Christ and with those who have gone before us.

This and That November

The kids still love to play with bubbles in the backyard.

Luke is the competitive and more physical kid in our family.  Lately he has been obsessed with football.  He constantly wants me to play football with him.  This involves throwing and catching the ball, running, and lots of tackling!  He can't get enough of it!

Spring Valley had a dress like your favorite decade day at school, and Abby got to wear my old poodle skirt.  I loved seeing it on her and remembering how my mom made this for me when I was in elementary school.  It fits her almost perfectly!

Reflections Contest 2014

Every year Texas PTA host an art and media contest called Reflections.  Caleb has never been that interested in participating, but Abby was so excited to do it this year.  The theme was "The world would be a better place if...".  I let Abby come up with what she wanted to do, and she picked "The world would be a better place if my classroom could be outside".  She worked hard on her picture and was thrilled to see it hung up in the gallery (hallway) with the other artwork from our district.

I love her enthusiasm about all things related to school.  She always very glad to go to school and wants to participate in everything!

Sieverts in Waco November 2014

The Sieverts came to visit last weekend.  We had a great time as usual!  We did the zoo, the museum, the park, church, Chickfila, lots of outside play time, and a tour of the new track.