Needed help with the turkey.

This year our family celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday Nov. 26,2010 due to my sister's work schedule. We were invited to her house where everyone prepared a dish. I have been cooking the turkey for the past 5 years now so I will continue cooking the turkey. Now that I have a daughter it is never to early to get her started in the kitchen. ( I am not a great chief , but maybe Bethany will absorb the knack of cooking and be a great cook one day and she can cook the turkey for a Thanksgiving Day.)

However, I am not sure what Bethany got out of being in the kitchen because she went and put on her Sleeping Beauty dress, crown and wand and walla the turkey was done. I am not sure of how to take this.

I can seriously say that I am so thankful to have Bethany in my life. She has blessed me in ways that I did not think was possible. She has made me grow into the person that I did not know existed, She makes me laugh, and she sometimes keeps me in line. I have heard people say that Bethany is lucky to be here with me , but the truth is... I am the lucky one.

I am so lucky to have the family that I have. My mom helps me so much with Bethany. I am so thrilled that Bethany's Nanny and Aunts love her the way they do. For that I am gratefully Thankful. I could say Thank You every day...

The Flower Girl

My cousin Bo and his girlfriend were engaged to be married Nov.20,2010 at the Shady Grove Church in Joanna, SC. I was asked to be a bridesmaid and Bethany was asked to be a flower girl. The colors of the wedding were fall colors of champagne and browns. I had a hard time finding a champagne gown, but I finally found a gown a week before the wedding. The couple spend a few days in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Bethany with another flower girl Emma and her sister Laya. The weather turned out perfect.

Halloween 2010

Well Almost another year has gone by. This time last year Bethany was a little bumble bee and this year she is a pumpkin princess. Time is sure passing fast.
The above picture was taken before we left to go trick or treat.
I decided to take Bethany to the local church in Clinton for a Trick or Trunk. It is so much better instead of door to door. There were people wrapped around the church. I think Bethany had fun looking at the other children in costume and getting candy. I can't believe it... Bethany actually said "trick or treat" and "thank you". She was such the perfect trick or treater.

However, after we finished trick or treating we went back to the car where she was ready to tear into all the candy. I told her to "look and let me take your picture" This is the face she gave me. She did not want to get her picture taken again. All though Bethany loves attention, she hates to get her picture taken. (what a face)

After Trick or treating we went out to eat at the local cafe. Bethany got treats there also. Bethany loves the chicken strips and jelly.

On Oct. 30, we were invited to Kason's birthday party at Ghetti town in Greenville. Bethany and I both had a great time. We ate pizza, pasta, salad and cake. After we ate, we went and rode rides, the big carousal and video games. Bethany liked riding the cars and carousal but her favorite was the Jurassic Park video game. It was a game where the player would shoot dinosaurs. Bethany was a pro at it. I know we played 8 times. After we got burn out on video games we sat back and enjoyed the movie, "How to Train a Dragon" Of course Bethany and I had to eat another piece of pizza. After the games and rides we could collect points to turn in and get a prize when leaving. At the end of the day we had accumulated 1043 points. Bethany turned in the points and got a whistle, small gray rabbit and a princess gift bag of stickers, hair bows, necklace, and bracelets. She did great. I plan on taking her back soon and spending the day shooting dinosaurs.