Relocated Texans: November 2014

November was a fun month. The Thackers came to visit us and we stayed at a cabin in Packwood for 2 nights so the guys could go hunting in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest between Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens.

Elk Trail Cabin

The little ones loved having a shared bunk room.
I'm sure Ashley would have preferred a private room.

Walked to the river from our cabin
Levi threw rocks and the big girls just walked around

In their undershirts after their flu shot
They're so dramatic. This was 30 minutes after
their shots and they were still crying.

Ashley turned 17 in November. We celebrated with cupcakes on her actual birthday and the next day we took her and two friends to the Cheesecake Factory and then they went to see the new Hunger Games movie. I need to get pictures off of Ashley's phone. The only picture I have of her is from her actual birthday where we celebrated at home but she doesn't want those photos online.

Ashley took a picture of her cupcake. Only photo I'm allowed to show.
The other good photos are on her phone.

We celebrated our very first Thanksgiving with just our family. We had a lot of fun. Everyone pitched in to help and we made tons of good food. Ashley was thrilled she was allowed to make the pies all by herself and she did a great job. We did miss all of our family though. Holidays aren't quite the same without extended family.