Thanksgiving 2011 – Del Rio

Every year we make the trip down to Del Rio to spend time with Gene’s family for Thanksgiving. This year we had a much shorter trip because I couldn’t get off work until Wednesday. We packed up the car Wednesday night and headed out. We made it in decent time considering how many people were on the road. Gene’s cousin Carlos rode with us and I think he may never do that again! It was quite the adventure to say the least. Trace screamed off and on for an hour because he was tired and couldn’t get comfortable. Once I got his seat reclined and him to sleep Trenton started complaining about a headache. I turned off his DVD player and soon after he said “Mommy my mouth hurts” which is code for I AM GOING TO BE SICK! I quickly unloaded a Kroger bag, sat it in front of him and well you know the rest. Poor baby. Of course we were on a 2 lane highway with no way to pull over. Once we could stop we got Trenton cleaned up, Mommy cleaned up and Trace back to sleep we were on the road again. We were so happy to arrive in Del Rio and stretch our legs! Thursday morning I woke up super sick and pretty much stayed in bed all day. I guess I got a stomach virus which meant NO turkey for me. Trenton wasn’t feeling great either and he slept most of the day too. Friday we were all feeling better and enjoyed some Cougar Football with Big Dog while Daddy went golfing. That evening we took some family pictures. They are a little dark because trying to get everyone ready before the son went down at 6 was difficult. So it was a little dark out!

Me and my boys

3 Generations of Flores Men

 

Our family! I love this picture

Aunt Rachel & the babies

 

Grandma & Big Dog with their grandbabies

The Flores Family

Smash Cake

I couldn’t decide on my favorite picture so I decided to put them all on here. Neither of my boys are into sweets. Trace kind of picked around at his cake and seemed fairly uninterested. That is until I thought he had enough and took it away from him. Then he was MAD!

 

This precious foot covered in cake steals my heart!!

Goldfish Party

We celebrated Trace’s 1st birthday with a small party on November 5. The theme was gold fish because that is his favorite snack! I ended up having it at the park in our neighborhood and it was a huge success. I am thinking we need to do all parties here! I still cannot believe my baby is already 1! We had goldfish snacks, fish shaped pizza, fish shaped cookies and tons of other yummy snacks! Trace was so great. He took a nap on time so Mommy could set up the party and Daddy could just bring him down for the fun! Thank you everyone who came out to celebrate our little man. We really do have the best friends!

The set up! My sister made the most AMAZING cake! 

  

Chocolate covered marshmallows & cookies

The big cake

Trace’s smash cake

These were party hats that I decided to make into goldfish holders!

The cute pizzas

The birthday boy arrived post nap!

  

My niece Jaycie pushing the birthday boy on the swing. She was a super helper this day!

Birthday boy enjoying a drink!

Daddy got in on the park fun!

Sweet Isa showing Trace how to ride his new toy

He thinks it’s easier to just push it!

The Crisp’s enjoying some snacks

Trace loves to slide.

All the kids posing for a picture! How sweet.

My Mom, Dad, Brother in Law & of course Hubby

Thanks to staying up late finishing the decorations and running late that day this Mama didn’t get to get ready. Oh well. I got a sweet shot with my baby!

The 3 Amigos

Anthony and Isa

Yes my big boy is crawling up the steps all by himself!

Gettin’ me some lovin’

Big Brother & his Buddy Brady

Nana being silly

 

Snacking while playing. This kid is a master multi tasker!

Sweet Avery!

Trace getting ready to open gifts (and sharing his mushy goldfish with me)

Trenton waited ALL day for this moment!