"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

Texas!

So...Mom and Dad went back home and I stayed in Texas with the Cx. family to keep Mrs. Cynthia company for a few weeks, now that her only daughter Jordan is married and lives an hour away. (Warning: this post is LONG!!)

We went to visit Jordan at her apartment the afternoon Dad and Mom headed home. :-) (Above picture taken by Jacob.) Jordan made us delicious grilled sandwiches for lunch!

Trying on hats with Jacob at Charming Charlies!

Lunch at la Madeline

Mrs. Cynthia took me to Anthropolopgie and we had such fun looking around in there.  The workers were very friendly - they asked us about every 15 minutes if we needed any assistance.  We must have looked rather helpless!  =D

Colorful bedding!

The decorations in the store were very creative.

Mrs. Cynthia being Mrs. Cynthia! ;-)

They even sell dishes, cups, kitchen towels, etc. besides clothing. 

My friend Carolyn and I went to an antique store one afternoon and had fun trying on a few hats. :)  

Making ravioli at the H. family farm along with other friend's from church. :)

A sweet friend of Mrs. Cynthia's who came over for breakfast one morning. 

Shopping with Jacob is always fun!  He likes to put things on his head!

Visiting Evangeline for lunch and the afternoon.

Resting after supper and eating peppermint ice cream together!

Thanksgiving!

Playing Scrabble

The guys helping with the turkey.

The table is ready!

The food is ready!

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One afternoon Mrs. Cynthia, her sister Sue, and I went to Old Town Spring.

Amazing lamp shades.

A lovely vintage dress

Hats!!

A fellow shopper kindly took this picture of us ladies with Mrs. Cynthia's phone. :-)

Lunch with Mrs. Celsor and Rachel!

Celebrating an anniversary!

Mr. Cx. getting ready to eat his slice. :)

Lunch with friends after we all went to the thrift store. 

We made these individual pies for dessert the night the N. family came over.   

They were very time consuming to make but tasty. :-)

Mr. C. taught me how to clean shrimp. :)  This was the first time I've ever eaten Shrimp, and it was quite good!!  Mrs. Cynthia is a great cook!

 All dressed up for a special Fifth Ward Crisis Pregnancy luncheon that Mrs. Cynthia took us ladies to. 

Love this picture!

The table settings and the room were very elegant.

Yum!

Rebecca St. James spoke and sang!  She is not my favorite singer, but she seemed like a very sweet person and I loved her Australian accent!!

All together!

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At the local Christmas Tree farm.  It was a lovely out and I really enjoyed the day!  It was a new experience for me to be getting a Christmas tree while wearing a short sleeved shirt and walking on green grass. :)

We had fun taking pictures...

My Texas family!

This one makes me laugh!!  Jacob is such fun!!

<3

They pull the trees up and shake all the loose needles off.

It matched my shirt!
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Mrs. Cynthia, Jordan, and Jacob took me to the Texas Road House for my birthday!

:)

At an after church get-together at the Pastor's house.  

This is Zach, the son of one of the deacons.  Isn't he cute?!

Zach's mom :)

We ladies got together for tea and a movie one afternoon. :)

Mr. Cx. getting ideas for a cupboard he is going to build.

The cupboard he got for Mrs. Cynthia for Christmas!

Tea with Mrs. Cynthia and Jacob!

Wow!

A cupboard I liked in a store we went in.

Cowboy Jacob!

Dinner at the P family's home!  Yum!  I wish I had gotten a picture of us all with the food though.

Decorating for Christmas.

Cute hat!

Dad and Mom came down to pick me up.

We all went out with a Realtor friend and enjoyed lunch at this cute little family diner is wife recommended!

Some of the damage from the fires a few months previous. :(

Melted plastic fencing.

Working in the kitchen :)

We celebrated Mom's birthday!

Sweet!

I was with the Cx. family for about a month, and enjoyed  them very much!