Wednesday, November 15, 2017

November 23-24, 2017: Sam and Kiley's visit to Albuquerque!

November 23rd: We had our early Christmas with Sam and Kiley after they came to Albuquerque from San Antonio to spend Thanksgiving with their families.

Kiley with her sweet boys, Eli and Joey

Eli opens his early birthday presents first
He turns 2 on December 23rd

Eli LOVED his new Disney Cars, and so did Joey

  
Joey's big gift from Grandma and Grandpa H--a Paw Patrol boat set

Love these precious boys!

It was so good to see Sam and Kiley again! It had been 5 and half months since they moved to Texas


November 24th: We met Jacob's family at the North Domingo Baca park to get the siblings and cousins together to play. Then we went out to eat at Azuma Japanese restaurant and enjoyed hibachi grilled food.

Our Tyler man in the BIG swing

 Elise and cousin Joey hanging out together

 
Kiley with scrumptious nephew, Brandon Hobbs
Sam's family waiting for their meal

Watching the fried rice get made

  
It was a long wait for our food, especially for tired little ones, but we enjoyed our meal and tuckered the kids out for bedtime. I loved having that time together.

Monday, November 13, 2017

November 22, 2017: The Pitcher's visit to Albuquerque!

Thanksgiving 2017: My brother, Richard Pitcher and his family drove down from Dallas TX to spend Thanksgiving with our mom and his sisters. I didn't eat with my mom and siblings because I had my own Thanksgiving plans with our children and their families. But we did go out to dinner at Sadie's one evening and got to visit with everyone.

My younger sister Jacqueline Babbitt with niece, Natalie Pitcher

Terry and Jacqueline Babbitt

Niece, Ashley Pitcher

Nephew, Justin ?

My brother's wife, Kim Pitcher with daughter Ashely

Brothers, Vernon and Richard with mom Pitcher

Richard with his mother

  
Vernon, the baby of the family

November 22, 2017: Our Early Thanksgiving

November 22nd: We decided to celebrate Thanksgiving a day early so that Shauna and Kiley could enjoy Thanksgiving with their other families in town. It was a great success and a tradition we'll probably do again.

Joey photo bombed this family shot!
CUTE pictures of Jacob and Shauna's family
Brandon with his beautiful mommy, Shauna
We didn't get a picture of all the food, but here's what we got: fresh cranberry sauce
Burnt marshmallows on the sweet potato casserole
Our roasted turkey
Plus dinner rolls, funeral potatoes, and marinated rotisserie beef (not shown)

After a hearty Thanksgiving feast, it's time for some treehouse fun! Joey LOVES being up here!
Kiley and Sam with niece Elise
Eli having a meltdown
Cousin Tyler takes charge of the ship
Elise with cousin Joey
Kiley and Sam reading books to the kids and trying to relax
Our sweet Tyler
Sam and Kiley are wonderful parents
Elise and Joey playing in the tree house
Grandma with baby Brandon and Joey
Joey and Elise loved playing with the toy dishes outside
Separation anxiety? I think he wants his mommy
I love this sweet family
Tired and ready for some TV time
Joey, Elise, and Tyler
Cute little Eli looks so sleepy