Tiga had her lady parts removed.  We decided to bring her in for the night so we didn’t have to catch her before the 8AM appointment.

These are the beginning and end of the girls team’s winning mousetrap.  Every Saturday after Thanksgiving, most of Evan’s extended family gathers for a game day.  We usually play multiple short games to earn points for a major boys vs. girls game that afternoon and evening.  This year, all the work led up to building a mousetrap out of recycleables that had to be at least 36 inches long, take at least 30 seconds to complete, and have at least 5 tricks (human interactions – turning levers, pulling strings, etc.).  This family takes competitions seriously!

Max shows off his newly created snowballs (shaving cream and corn starch) before trying to pelt his little sister, Rose.

Last fall, a ravenous fire took hold of Bastrop, TX.  We returned for the annual Shane family Thanksgiving weekend to find large burnt sticks in place of the normal lush pine trees.

There is a reason

1) kids should not ingest more than one buckyball (really, I think one is fine, it’s more than one that causes problems)

2) you can’t buy them much longer… lawn darts anyone??

3) we bought a ridiculous amount of them

I was snapping pictures of the group when a very nice man offered to take one of us all.  I know it doesn’t look it, but this was at dusk.  I set the camera up for this wonderful gentleman to press the button, thus, I’m posting the picture as a team effort shot.

There is a new trivia night at Cherrywood… and a new $50 in our pockets.  Evan and Liz really brought it!

We had dinner with Dad and Uncle Kevin after their long day at the F1 track.

The new F1 track opened up this weekend.  I was lucky enough to get to go see what all the fuss was about for Saturday (but not Sunday).  It was amazing!

Kristine donated a peacock feather for Tiga’s enjoyment