I'm back. you still here?

omg, look it this!!! BUNNY!!!

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obviously i was not still there...

and i think i've seen that before.

are you going to be on while you are in temple?

yes, just a bit and mostly at night. We're playing wii now. And I'm in condos in Belton, not Temple. Yeah, I was confused about where we were going....

condos in belton??? where is that and what is that?

oh if we are still going to the movies sat, i invited jeff to join us cuz he's lonely.

condos are like apartments that you own, kinda.

yay!! Jeff is coming!!1 I wanted to see him!

okay yes i know what condos are. that doesn't not answer what belton is nor why ya'll were there

Belton is a fair sized city manda.....Its on maps. Just right outside Temple and about twice its size. My aunt has condos and lives there with my grandpa, but I didn't know we were going to them since he still has his old house. I've never been to the condos before so I didn't think we would be coming here.

ah. well i'd never heard of Temple either before knowing you... so it's not surpising i didn't know belton.

Its right by Waco really. geesh. So how was your thanksgiving?

whatever.

pretty good. we had some drama wednesday but we worked it out. and had fun on thanksgiving although we cooked most of the food at my grandma's and she had a hand in almost every single dish and thus they didn't all taste right.

how was yours?

Mine was strange. Not everyone could come and two of my cousins came way after dinner. It just felt real different than any other thanksgiving, not that much family time I guess. We also managed to explode a jar of butter and set the sweet potatoes on fire.

hm. we always have people showing up way after dinner, they spend thanksgiving with one part of the family and then come after dinner to say hi.

how? (and seriously no description should include the phrases 'explode jar of butter' and 'sweet potatoes on fire')

It was really quite fun! ^_^ My aunt was taking care of her grand-daughter who is 1 and forgot the sweet potatoes. Only the marshmallows burned off, so they were actually quite good!!!

wow....

that still doesnt' explain the exploding butter....

not sure how that happened... We were just sitting around playing wii and CRACK!!! My aunt was over there and she had no idea what happened. They have those flat stoves that are like a hot plate and she moved the jar from the hot to the cold side and a minute later it went boom, but it hadn't gotten that hot in the first place.

i think you and your family are just talented.... yep.

so i'm so dreading the end of our holiday.....

well, at least this is the first time anything has ever exploded or caught fire. I did mention that things were different this holiday. Perhaps the addition of 3 young children and all the kids, but not all the parents of the kids being there?

yeah perhaps...

we have babies in our family again and one of this is finally getting to the age were i start carrying them around and loving on them so it's fun.

Sterling likes me, but she likes my computer mouse more. hehe....I didn't end up playing around with the little ones all that much except then they came over and started bringing their toys to me.

lol. the babies aren't quite that old yet but most of the babies once they are like 2 or 3 they absolutely love me.

Sterling is one and Courtney is a little older. Lee is 3 or so and he doesn't like me nearly as much as Sterling.

the young ones in ours are

Joseph is 7, Laney is 8, Victoria is 5, Cheyenne is 9 months, and Avery is 6 months. We also have Carly who is 3 but she's not around often.

This is the first I've seen these kids really except Sterling when she was a few months old. My cousin on the other side has a daughter named Avery.

lol. babies in our family seem to come in waves... i'm kinda scared for when my sister starts having kids... cuz she's like out of the loop unless she has one soon.

i totally thought Sterling was a little boy's name.

no, its like sterling silver. She's a VERY cute blond girl. Babies seem to be coming young, but all my cousins are about my age. Of course, poor Hilary is about to have another!!