Thanksgiving in Connecticut

Every year, we go to Connecticut to Thanksgiving. Jack loved playing with his great grandparents and with all his cousins. While Mommy was running the 5-mile race, Daddy drank beer (no bloody marys this time) and ate the infamous Hamilton scrambled eggs with potatoes while Jack taught his cousins how the Cowboys play football.

Jack and Audrey

Jack loves to go to the SMU Football game with Audrey. :)

SMU Alumni Swim Meet

Every year at homecoming, the SMU Men's swim team has an alumni meet. This year, Jack was so excited to cheer for Daddy. Jim Raleigh and Jeff Foley also had their new fan club there, too.

Yee-haw!

Whenever we eat at this Mexican restaurant close to us, Jack has to ride the mechanical pony and mechanical chariot. His favorite part is trying to jump on and jump off while it is still moving.

Jack's First Basketball Practice

Jack was so excited to play basketball. He has the shooting down, but we still have to work on dribbling. He had basketball on Tuesdays and baseball on Thursdays. The pictures of baseball came out too dark. Jack bats left, throws right and tackles people to get to the ball. He loves it!

Quick Thinking

When I pick Jack up from school at lunch, he likes to roll in the grass and jump off the 3-stair entrance to the church with his friend, Wes. The other day, while jumping off the steps, Jack noticed that there was a tiny firetruck on the steps. When I told him to put it back because someone must have left it there, he said, "Mimi left it for me."

Trick or Treat!

Jack showing us his Superman pose.


Jack with Mimi's dogs Thunder and Boomer. The girls love it when Jack visits.


Jack with his aunt, YoYo. We went to visit YoYo at her work because all of Southwest Airlines does Halloween in a big way. Jack didn't recognize her and wouldn't give her a kiss until after she took off her wig and makeup. Jack also wanted to show off the bucket he made earlier that day at school.


Jack at his first trick-or-treating stop - Mimi's house. He filled his first bucketful here.


Our neighbors Andy and Freddy flexing their muscles with Superman.



Jack and his friend , Aubrey (tinkerbell). They went trick-or-treating together and giggled at every house.




Jack had the best time trick-or-treating. It was the first year he really understood the concept, and he didn't want to stop until he had "all the candy." His dinner ended up being 5 lollipops and 1 cheesestick. When one neighbor asked him "Who are you?" Jack said his full name with such gusto that he was as much as a superhero as Superman.