Catching Up...

Lots has happened lately but I just haven't been in front of the computer long enough to write it all down.
On the 13th, Ben, Mer, and the girls headed down from Ft. Worth to visit us. It was so great to see them and so much fun having them here with us. Friday, we met up with the Mathis' to eat. We were going to eat at our favorite Mexican food place (Trudy's), but the wait was so long we bailed on them and walked over to Chili's where they seated us immediately. Saturday, we rode the bus to Campus. It was funny to see Mallory's face in amazement as she realized she didn't have to be buckled in on the bus. We showed them where Xhaxhi goes to school, the store where you can buy anything Longhorn, and the Tower/Capital. Then we headed back home via bus and rested for a bit. After that we headed to everyone's favorite place....Chuck E. Cheese's! 300 tokens later we had Syd walking out proud with this awesome Tink toy and 4 bags of cotton candy. It was pure awesomeness. Then the boys headed back to the apartment to "put the girls to sleep" which means feed them tons of cotton candy and let them stay up :) Mer and I headed to Round Rock to shop at the Outlets. I always enjoy me some Mer time. All in all it was a great weekend and we are so grateful for them coming and sharing in the magic that is Austin :) Love you guys! Oh, a funny side note. Syd knows we live pretty far from her, but it was funny, she kept saying "When I get back to Texas..." and we tried explaining to her that she was still in Texas, just another city. Her words were" Yes I know, its just another country" Hehe, so apparently we live further away than Mom and Dad Breinholt.

This last week we headed home to Keller for Thanksgiving. We headed down Wednesday afternoon and our three hour drive turned into 5 1/2. No bueno. The break was awesome. It was nice to have 4 days of fun. Mom and Gran cooked up a great Thanksgiving dinner which we enjoyed throughout the weekend. My mom had a small disaster with her water valves the day after Thanksgiving and so Jeremy(and JaeLyn) were nice enough to come over and fix them all. Thanks again! My family is helpless with things like that so it is nice that the Breinholt's are so hands on. Then Saturday, we ate dinner with Ben and Mer and had a fun game night after that. Then we had a 6 hour drive back, and will be doing it all over again next weekend for the Big 12 Championship game. I'm a little ready to be in just one place for awhile. We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season and are truly grateful for all the many blessings we have in our lives. Happy holidays ya'll and Hook Em' Horns!