Early Thanksgiving

Soooo...we made the 5 hour drive to Bonham, TX. For those of you geographically challenged, that is way north of Dallas almost to Oklahoma out in the country. My Dad lives there and the Cotten siblings all gathered for a pre-Thanksgiving event. Five hours with a fussy teething one year old isnot fun, but we made it. We had lots of food and fun. The cousins loved hanging out!

I wish we had better weather, but the girls still loved getting out and seeing the animals in the cold. My Dad has a few horses and mules (to keep the coyotes away). Poor Candyce didn't understand the danger a coyote brings to livestock, so when my Dad took his rifle out to rid his field of the pesky varment, Candy was so upset that the coyote would have to die. Luckily there was no coyote killing that day. I guess the coyote strapped on his acme rocket and got away.

This was Chloe's first experience with horses. She looks excited doesn't she? She actually didn't want to get off once she got on!

This was actually a talking donkey that my Dad has that went on and on about his big green friend? J/K...This guy really loved the kids!

They actually have seasons in North Texas. Thus leading to leaves!

Cousin Cohen Galloway

Cousin Kennedy Galloway

We will now look forward to Thanksgiving in town with Krissy's family. Hope everyone has a wonderful week! Ryan

Twilight Fever is Here!

HELP! Krissy needs a support group entitled: "Crazed Twilight Fans that can't see Twilight on opening night." Bless her heart. She has just finished her umpteenth reading of all 4 books in the series. She was even invited to a watching party. But alas, she has sacrificed her Twilight Weekend to support a trip to Bonham, TX to the In-Laws for Thanksgiving Day celebration. But really, who wants to dish out the $9.50 to sit in an unclean theater with teens dressed in vampire garb? O.K., Krissy would. But lets do this enjoyably.....maybe wait a week or two. Get child care that will allow us to make the drive to The Woodlands to a nice theater to view a much anticipated movie, which at the end we will all say, "The book was so much better." or "Edward is not as hot as I envisioned him in the book." But no matter what your interest is, enjoy the upcoming Twilight frenzy!

Welcome to the World of the Cotten's!

After intense pressure from friends and family, we have finally taken the step to inform the world of our family happenings. The COO of our family has tasked me (Ryan - VP of IT) to manage the family blog. Hopefully we can infuse some humor into the exciting (and sometimes not so exciting) events of our lives. I personally feel this could also double as my journal (two birds with one stone....he he he.). So I guess do what you do with blogs: follow, read, don't read, reply, etc.! So let the posting begin!