our family: lots to report

we had a fun filled and action packed trip to LA for the holiday weekend:

- wed night stopped at the perkins for tacos and enjoyed the company of randy, barb, theresa, logan, and aidan and then continued on to LC. traffic was bad getting out of Austin and even though we left earlier than we hoped to the drive was long. we arrived in LC around 10:30 pm.

- thursday was turkey day! the family enjoyed breakfast at IHOP and then went back to mom's for hanging out, naps, and finally thanksgiving dinner. craig fried a turkey and mom and i handled the sides. dinner was scrumptious!

- friday was mom's BIG birthday. we ate darrell's for lunch, hung around the house and let the cousins play during the day. in the evening we all went to a surprise birthday dinner at the pioneer club. dad helped us reserve a private room, so even the kiddos attended and had a great time! kaetlyn made meme wear her 'birthday princess' tiara. fun stuff!

- saturday morning was cj's baptism. randy, barbara, theresa, logan, and aidan joined all the mendelson's for the festivities and a delicous lunch following. saturday afternoon was just more hanging around (and napping) for us while dad, megan, robbie, carrie and the boys went to the mcneese game.

- sunday we left LC around 10:15 and returned to the perkins for lunch. this time we were joined by randy barbara, rachel, scott and alyx!!

holidays are fantastic time for family, despite that one of these wonderful individuals has given me a cold... i am grateful to have all of them in our lives and feel blessed that our children are surrounded by so much love.

kaetlyn certainly had a blast with her cousins! i believe that craig enjoyed the boys' nerf guns more than they ever have and had to go buy his own before we left town. cj is just the happiest guy... despite teething, constipation, and a small cold he just smiles all the time.

all of the pics are located in the 'Perkins Family Web Album' entitled - 11/30/09.