I never remember to take enough pictures of my kids playing with their cousins. They always have so much fun; I forget to document it because they are busy playing rathering than bothering me!! The weekend of Thanksgiving the city of Childress always turns on the Christmas lights in the park, and we go as a family to take a hay ride through the park and sing carols.
Papa got out the fire pit for these crazy kids to roast marshmallows.
They've got a pretty cool Papa!!
I tried so hard to get a picture of these two for my calendar because they share a birthday, but I learned a valuable lesson... Never try to get a good picture of Damon using a flash!!! This was the best one out of at least 10 attempts.
Walking around like a big kid!
Kyler and Damon doing who knows what!
Finally eyes kind of opened. Can you tell how hard he was trying?
Apparently she got that gene too!
Love these boys and Brek!! Poor girl!
My little sweetheart!
They were wired and climbing on everything!
And they all wanted their picture taken!
And the blinking continues...
I wanted a cute picture of these two, but this is as good as it gets!
Caught him jumping
The cheesy smile!
Baby Emma having a staring contest with her Daddy, Cary Shane
Who's kids are those???
The Luke we all know and love!
All most everyone. I couldn't zoom out enough to get Diana and Carter.
I also didn't realize that Keyan and Kelli were behind everyone else.
Look! Her eyes are open!!
Radley and Mom enjoying the ride.
Hot chocolate all around after the ride in the park!
The traditional Keys family Thanksgiving did not disappoint this year! It was unusual having Kenney home with us, however. He had to work, but was mostly just on call because there were not any patients in the hospital. It was different (and really nice) without him going hunting! This year the annual Turkey bowl was passed down to the next generation! It was all the little guys and an amazing uncle, Keyan, out there! Our kids weren't the biggest fans of Thanksgiving dinner, except for Bentley. But they all loved the pies! When we brought out the leftovers later that night Radley said, "That food again?" He was less than impressed with dinner and decided to eat toast with the rest of his brothers!! Are you kidding me?? So much effort is put forth for the Thanksgiving meal and my kids would rather eat toast! I'm sure you can imagine how enjoyable our everyday meals are every night!!!
My first solo pie! I know it's a little crispy, but it tasted good!
The always memorable dessert table, complete with 21 pies plus other treats!
Damon ready to pounce on anyone during the Turkey Bowl.
Running to catch a pass
Completion for a 20 yard touchdown! He was so excited!!
Bruce was copying big brother Tyce, and it was just about the cutest thing ever!
Uncle Keyan was awesome and played with all the kids!
"Hi Mom!"
Kyler got touched or hit or something, but ended up like this quite a bit.
Jumping on the broken trampoline, and avoiding the football game. I think he's a little scared of Damon.
Hut, hut!
Damon going down in the orange striped shirt.
He had a few injuries too, but he wanted to play so bad he would only stay out for no more than one snap before getting back into it!
Bruce copying Tyce again. (Shayla you need to copy this picture and zoom in on Bruce's face; it's adorable)
It's all about speed for this kid!
Bentley getting in on the action too!
Kyler was doing a whole lot of this, in between pouting sessions!!
We've got this Wal-Mart Black Friday shopping down! I was shocked because I was able to get the TV on the front page of the ad in less than 15 mins!! I got it before 6 so I was able to help Marilyn get what she needed, and we were all able to get everything we wanted!! In and out in less than 2 hours!!
A quick view of the Turkey Bowl
One night before Thanksgiving one of Kyler friends came over to our house for a little bit. This kid is only 2 months older than Kyler. He is a giant 6 year old!!! My kids didn't stand a chance playing with him!! He was really good with them, except when he socked Radley and gave him a bloody lip on accident!
Our sweet, but sometimes sassy, little girl is 1!!! Such a fun and crazy year for all of us. She is loved even more than the day she arrived, especially by Radley!! Her brothers still just adore her, and she is becoming much more of a daddy's girl. She still likes me, but she really loves it when her daddy comes home. She always has to give him a hug when she sees him and lays her head on his shoulder. None of the boys ever did anything like that. She is learning to scream when she is not getting her way and tries to run away when she has something she shouldn't. She already bugs her brothers. She doesn't talk too much yet, but understands so much. She loves animals of all kinds, being outside, playing with babies, and eating. Much like her brothers she is very aware of her surroundings and will not sit still long enough to fall asleep unless she's in a bed or car seat. She is quite prissy and needs to toughen up, but it's getting better. She loves men and walks up to strangers hoping they'll pick her up. It kinda scares me, but she is perfectly content sitting on a man's lap she doesn't even know (however I know all of them, thankfully). She is the cutest little girl I have ever met, and she melts hearts everywhere she goes!!
Bentley had a great birthday and party. She was a little overwhelmed at first with everyone crowding around her and singing, but she LOVED her cake and especially loved the ice cream (a girl after my own heart!).
Some of the crowd getting a little too close!
Starting to warm up to the cake.
Bentley's own personal cake!
Once she tasted it, there was no going back! She really got into it. Once I gave her the ice cream spoons, she didn't turn back. She wanted more ice cream.
I tried so hard to get a picture of her with just the big #1 balloon (thanks Savanna & Kevin), but she was scared of it and wouldn't get close enough to it. This was the best I could get.
I'm telling you, she likes ice cream!
Bentley opening up her new travel sized baby.
She really didn't know what to think about the singing, but then she got really nervous and started crying. It was really sad!
Once Daddy picked her up she calmed down, she was able to start eating the cake.
She then decided to share the cake with her daddy.
She finally got comfortable enough to eat in the highchair. But here she is eating the ice cream.
I tried to take some 1 year pictures of Bentley, and it proved to be very difficult to do by myself! However, a few turned out pretty cute. We also had a cat that would not leave our house for about a week, and it would not leave us alone in the backyard!
She makes this face several times a day!! It's so funny!
