Saturday, December 5, 2009

Black Friday



So on Thanksgiving day the family sat around Maw-maw's house investigating our best plan of attack for Black Friday.  We had fun looking through all of the adds and figure out who had the best deals on what.  It was decided that Wal-mart would be our jump off point, then branch off from there.  Rachel and Kayla both needed new lap tops, Ashley wanted to check out the $10 Blu-Rays, and I saw a Kodak 12 mp digital camera to send with Taris to the desert.  Wal-mart did things different this year.  They actually never closed and set-up stations through out the store for certain items and handed out tickets.  I arrived at 3 AM and my reward was number 2 in line.  (I know, you think that I am crazy, but I will say this...the closer you are in line, the faster you can check out and get down the road.)  I picked up a couple of other things, but I can't mention them since Christmas gifts have been given out yet.  After Wal-mart, I headed to Target.  They had a 500 MB portable external hard drive and a few other not to be mentioned at this time.  I finally headed to Best Buy where I did the most damage...shocker.  Best Buy had some awesome deals on Blu-Ray movies and television season dvds.  By 7:15, I was on my way to La Popular for some breakfast burritos.  (The BEST ones in Abilene.  I do miss my Mexican food!)  I was back in bed for a two hour nap by 8 AM.  Hope everyone had their own success on Black Friday...or Cyber Monday!

Friday, December 4, 2009

Family Pictures

It was so nice to see all of the family and we took advantage of the time with a TON of pictures.























Thursday, December 3, 2009

Mason

Mason turns 2 on December 4th.  I can't believe how grown up he has gotten.  It make me so sad that we live so far away.  We had the privilege of staying at Mason's house while in Abilene.  He loves his Uncle T more than his Auntie E, but he does know my name so I guess that makes up for it.  On to the pictures...














Such a Rachel look...stop taking my picture look.












Stay tuned for the story of "the orange"

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Baby Kendall

Or as Mason would say Boby Kenal.  No real words needed, lets get to the pictures!






















Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was awesome.  We were able to go home to see all of our family.  We ate lots, chatted much, and watched a ton of football.  For the first time since I can't remember when, we didn't take a picture of any food and forgot to take the picture of everyone at the table.  The group shots will have to do.


Ashley with his Paula Deen Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Butter Cake



Aunt Shanny



Rachel and Kendall



Taris



Kayla



Uncle Todd and Aunt Nita



Curtis and Maw-maw

Monday, November 30, 2009

Pumpkin, Pecan, Chocolate, oh my!

It is Whitt-Byers tradition (now that we are old enough) to go to Maw-maw's house the Wednesday of Thanksgiving to make pies for Turkey Day.  It was nice to not be the one "going it alone"...Taris is not a recipe follower...not really suitable for baking.  The one thing Maw-maw insists on doing is making the crust from scratch.  Some times it comes out perfectly, some times not...oh the joy of making and molding crust!  Enough of the monologue...here are the pictures from the day!


Maw-maw and Alexis working on the pies



Isn't this apron flattering?!?!  It seems to accent in ALL the right places...ruffles were never my thing.



Mom working on the pecan pie



Starting to work the crust



Maw-maw working her magic with Ma's crust recipe

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the finished pies because I left to have lunch with my friend Kera.  I promise they looked great and tasted even better!

Monday, November 23, 2009

Cowboys vs. Redskins

As part of our on going strategy to mark things off of our list of things to do before we spend the year apart, Taris and I wanted to see the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington and try and catch a game.  And catch one we did!  We are in Dallas/Abilene for Thanksgiving and the Cowboys played the Redskins on Sunday, November 22nd.  The stadium lived up to the hype...amazing.  You can't take in a camera better than a standard pocket camera, so the pictures are not as awesome as they could have been, but I hope you enjoy!



Walking up to the Stadium



The NEW Cowboys Stadium.  All of those glass sections actually roll back to open up completely.  It is crazy!



The view of the infamous screen at the stadium



Our view of the field from our seats



The cheerleaders getting ready for their pre-game performance



The team being introduced onto the field