Thanksgiving 2012

Mom and I played paper, rock, scissors to decide who would do Thanksgiving dinner and who would do Christmas dinner. 

She got Thanksgiving.

The Luhrs were in charge of green bean casserole and pumpkin pie.

I have never made a pumpkin pie before, but with a little help from the girls we did it!

The pie took forever to cook so we had A LOT of downtime.

The Table and the Turkey.

Papa watching football

Anne enjoying the wonderful weather.

Abby's model pose.

The pie.

Photos by Anne Luhrs

It turned out the reason why it took so long to cook the pie was because I didn't realize there were two frozen pie crust in the package and I just poured the pumpkin pie mixture into the top and cook it with the second crust still on the bottom. It turned out ok because I really like pie crust.

Daddy made it home from work and he was ready to eat :)

The whole Gang minus me.

I was taking the picture.

Mom and I topped off the night with a little Black Thursday shopping with four hundred other people at Target.

Johnny Football

Abby LOVES Johnny!

Aunt Ashley brought this shirt for Abby when we met she and Uncle Mark at the last football game.

I couldn't wait for Abs to wear it.

We waited until Wednesday for  Bible Study Fellowship and evening church so she could get major visibility.

Climbing in the car that morning Abby said, "Call me Johnny and Anne can be Mike (Mike Evans)."

So we spent the rest of the day with our own Johnny football.

Photoshoot

I thought I would try out my "new" camera 

and snap some pictures of the girls playing in the back yard. 

I was inspired by my sweet friend Ashley and all her "photo shoots" of Anna Katherine.

 I think its easier to do when your subject is immobile.

 I tried sitting on the girls to keep them still, but the girls didn't seem to enjoy it.

 

Anne: Super Smile

Anne: Regular Smile

 Anne: "Are you almost done mom?" smile

Gran's Birthday

We celebrated Gran's birthday with steak

at 

Texas Roadhouse.

check out Anne's crazy eyes!

We came back to the house for pie, ice cream, and presents.

What? Your wondering why my pictures seem so improved since the last post well, my sweet friend Ashley donated her digital camera to a good cause, me, so the girl's childhood will not go undocumented now.

Halloween 2012

I bought a new CHEAP camera at Target so I could get some pics of the girls. 

My last three cameras were dropped by different friends and family members so I felt compelled to get an inexpensive one. 

You can tell.

 The camera stinks, but don't tell Scott.

 The girls walked the entire neighborhood, over two miles, and had a blast. 

I won't pretend there weren't a few dramatic complaints about fainting, legs falling off, and passing out, but all in all they had fun. 

In the words of Anne, "Candy (or money) is a great motivator."

The Loot!