O' Christmas Tree

Thanksgiving night, we decided to put up the Christmas tree. We opted to buy an artificial tree this year since we will be in NY for Christmas. We had lots of fun putting up the tree and Callie did a wonderful job putting the ornaments on the tree. She placed every ornament in the right place.

The next day, we took pictures for our Christmas card this year. It was a good time and hard time trying to keep the dogs sitting still while we took a picture. Here are a few of the pictures we took.

The Abbott Family....

Callie looking cute on the stairs...

Callie with Tex & Reese...

Thanksgiving at Our Home

Well, this Thanksgiving was a big day for us. We had the Abbott's and some of Mom's sisters and family over. Our Thanksgiving festivities started the night before when Kevin prepared our Deep Fried Turkey and Mindy baked Apple and Pumpkin Pies. Callie even helped out with making the pie crust for the Apple Pie! On Thanksgiving day, we started out early and prepared the turkey and stuffing for the oven. It was a fun day and we were happy to have everyone over. The rest of the family arrived by 1pm and brought some wonderful dishes. As our guests arrived, they were asked to write down a reason why they were thanksful this Thanksgiving. Before we ate all of the wonderful food, Callie read us the story of the first Thanksgiving and the meaning behind the first dinner with the Pilgrims and Indians. We had lots of fun and lots of food.

Here are some photos to share....

Latest Abbott Outing

On November 10, Mindy and Callie attended their first rodeo. All of us headed down to the American Airlines Arena to see the Texas Stampede Rodeo and a live concert by Josh Turner after the competition. The rodeo was a lot of fun. When we first got there, Callie was very excited to see a live bull and even got to ride the mechanical bull. She even stayed on for the full 8 seconds! Yee Haw!

Check out Callie riding the bull in action....

Welcome!

Welcome! We are excited to start blogging and hope that we can use this website to share our lives with family and friends. We now have family across the state of Texas, in NY state, Virginia, Florida, and even overseas in Germany. Even though miles separate us, we hope that family & friends visit our page to see what is going on in Ferris, TX!