Oh, Henry.

Some funny Henry moments caught on camera:

When he was learning his first verse he kept saying ".... created the Heavens and nature sing."

"It a triangle."

"I a football player."

He really needs to learn how to dress himself.

??

And the best one...

"Look Mommy, I a snowman."

Cooper's BDay Party / Charlie's Baptism

This day was too special/ horrible to leave out.

I'm taking you back to October.

I'll give you the short version...

Our friend, Cooper was celebrating his 2nd birthday, and my godson, Charlie, was being baptized.

They live an hour away.

2 mins from their house, I looked over at Henry... he looked at me... he barfed all over himself, Margaret, and both car seats.

(Luckily I had changes of clothes in the car and Liz didn't mind the car seat covers going in her washer.)

We quarantined Henry in Jackson's room for most of the hot air balloon party.

Too bad for him, cause it was super cute and fun!

Liz's creation... she could go into business!

We did let Henry come out for a little while... he kept asking for cake :)

MG really wanted my root beer.

I have to brag on these boots that we and the Blanchers found for Cooper. Charlie wanted to model them.

Friends

Birthday boy

So Henry seemed to be feeling better. Off to the church we went.

(looking back on it, he totally should have stayed at the Delaneys with Tom and Margaret... I guess I just really wanted my family to be there with me)

I was pretty nervous.

Such a sweet time.

Thank you Liz and Colin for this amazing responsibility.

After the actual baptism, I snuck out to check on Tom and the kids who had gone to play on the church's playground. They were doing fine.

Came back in... Liz had gone to feed Charlie.

She came back in.

Reported that Henry had gotten sick again.

Awesome.

After the service, we returned to the Delaney's to pack up our stuff and get our yummy gumbo "to go".

Precious Charlie! I am really looking forward to watching him grow.

My big sicko.

What a day.

30th Birthday

My 30th birthday started out with a birthday breakfast with two friends from church.

Michelle and Cheri made up a tasty spread and we had an fun morning at Cheri's house.

To make me feel young again, Cheri made me wear her 2 year old daughter's boa and sunglasses.

Then, on the way down to the ranch, we stopped at the Whitesides' for dinner.

We were excited to see their new place in San Antonio and

Mary Pat made me my favorite birthday dessert- a cookie cake.

So sweet of Ryan, Mary Pat, and Evie to help me celebrate!

Finally, it was my birthday day at the ranch.

The girls decorated



And I enjoyed the most delicious breakfast tacos ever made by Rob and Sari.
(I'm telling you, Rob should quit his career as an Orthopedic Surgeon and make these tacos for a living... they're that good- he would make more than millions!)


Later that morning, the girls took a trip to the nearest town- Junction.
We happened upon their "salon".
The girls treated me to a manicure.
Even though their "nail technician" wasn't there, another lady "did" my nails. She only cut me once.
Love these girls!

We had so much fun reading gossip magazines and laughing about life.

The locals must have thought we were crazy.

Late that afternoon, I walked out to the driveway to find this decorated mule. Tom came from the guest house all cleaned up, Amy swooped in and took Margaret from my arms, and Jenny popped up and handed Tom a picnic basket.

Tom said, "Ready for our date?"

I was so surprised!

The boys had spent an hour decorating while we were in Junction.




Rebekah: This wasn't your idea, was it?
Tom: Nope.
:)
Thanks girls for helping Tom make this so memorble for me.

Perfect.

After dinner, I got ANOTHER cookie cake- how lucky am I!!?!

A flaming candle might have fallen on the floor.

Love Jenny's expression here- Whoops.

I couldn't have imagined a better 30th birthday!!!!!!

Thank you my sweet, thoughtful UTSW friends, loveable children, and dear, dear Tom for making it so fantastic.

Thanks also, friends and family, for the texts, calls, and emails!

(When we got back from the ranch, I got to celebrate with the Louis family- no pics, but a special time together.)

Cloud 9 Ranch 2010

(now that I have my new router... i'm going to play catch up on old posts)

In November, our UT Southwestern friends met up at the Burkhart's Cloud 9 Ranch for our annual reunion.

Whoa, did we ever pack a lot this time.

There were 2 coolers, a pack and play, 3 suitcases, a wagon, a tub of toys/books, a box of food, as well as other items. Why the box fan?- white noise.

Tom did a great job loading the car.



We arrived around 10 on a Thursday night... kids did great in the car.

Margaret didn't mind that we woke her up and was all smiles.

Can't blame her- the ranch is a happy place.

Fortunately, the kids went back to sleep quickly, and we began our relaxation.

"Aaahh", says Dr. Tom.

The McAdams, Burkhart, Warminski, and Hartzler families all arrived shortly thereafter.

And the good times began.

Now there were 6 cameras there, and we have all 10,000,000 pictures from them.

Here are some of my favorites.

Friday

Group trek up to the barn

Margaret Gray couldn't get enough of this horse

Big Brother was fine observing from a far.

Mule ride before dinner

You're looking at the house (center of the pic) and the barn (northeast of the house)


Saturday

(My 30th Birthday- how lucky was I that I got to spend it here with these folks!... I'll do a separate post)

Jenny, Sari, me, Meagan, Amy, and Grandmommy Nora (our lovely hostess)
We took an excursion to the booming town of Junction, Texas.

Daddies in charge of the kids

MG sporting camo- Bekah came with lots of great ranch wear for Margaret to borrow.

Hot tubbin' that night... we'll at least we tried to... it never got hot enough.

Sunday

Going fishing

I went on a trail ride... my tail bone hurt for weeks!!

Since we were a few days away from Thanksgiving, we all decided to have our own feast with our med school family...

... complete with Pilgrims and Indians.

Why is Henry making that face?

Because he's trying to get the sour patch kids, with which I was bribing him, out of his teeth.

Tom kept Margaret happy with yogurt melts.

Happy family :)

That night we played our traditional game of Balderdash.... always good to laugh so hard you can't breathe.

Monday

Tom, Johnathan, Rocky, Zack, and Shooter Rob got some man time in.


Attempt at a Christmas card photo

And one last group shot of the kids before we left.



Random Shots of the Kiddos

Witt and Margaret sharing blueberries

We are soo lucky that Henry and Luke get along/ share so well

Witt, Brinley, Bekah, and Margaret eating at the "little kids" table

Witt and Bekah

Bekah teaching Brinley how to walk in heels

Witt and Luke

Brinely, Dr. Henry, and Bekah having breakfast on the porch

Grandmommy Nora reading to the kids

The Gang... we decided that next year, we need to take the group shot at the beginning of the vacation... when the kids are the happiest and, in my family's case, clean.

We love these families so much and have been blessed by their friendships in so many ways!

MANY thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Burkhart for having our crazy bunch!!

If that wasn't enough pictures, you can take a trip down memory lane and see our last year's post here.