Santa's Farm

Jill, Rylee, Mariana and I had so much fun going to Santa's Farm. It's the Kingwood FFA that puts it on and the kids get to see and pet the animals. It was a little cold, but the girls had fun!


Getting them both to smile in the same picture is a hopeless task.











The girls doing dishes in Rylee's kitchen. I wonder if that will stick.....

Thanksgiving 2008

We had so much fun this Thanksgiving at the Holmes' house in Dallas!! We had great food all weekend and even a Gobble 'til You Wobble 5K run/walk. Thank you to everyone who spent so much time cooking, and of course the Holmes family!!


Mariana pushing Bella around in her stroller. Poor doggy!



Mommy, why do you have a Christmas tree on your head?



Momere, Nona and Mariana getting ready for the Gobble 'til You Wobble 5K.




Recouperating from our run and getting ready to stuff our faces!




....all the ladies in the house. A true Dandurant Thanksgiving led by Momere, the Matriarch, includes drinking while you cook. Makes everything taste better.....

Halloween 2008

Although Mariana couldn't quite grasp the concept of going from house to house to get candy and then eating the candy later, she still had a lot of fun! We only made it to a few houses, but she has not asked for a piece of candy since. I think she got her fill!

She dressed up as a cheerleader on Halloween night. Even though it was LSU, Mariana can make any school's cheerleader outfit look good. (However, she completely refuses to wear burnt orange.)

I need candy NOW!

Mommy stuffs my mouth full of candy to buy time until it gets dark. Didn't work, I'm out of here.

Mommy showing me how to say "Touchdown"! (but all I really want to do is eat the piece of candy in my hand)

Here I am, on my way to the first house. Come on Daddy, let's go!

Here I am after the first house. (this is going to take all night)

I think I ate too much candy....

Here are some pre-halloween costumes Aunt Dana brought over. We enjoyed playing dress up.

Look how cute I am in my PEACE shirt and pink chamouflage

I love pumpkins!!!

Now do you REALLY think I could do something like that?....

Summer 2008

I love hangin' with my cousin Abby! I'll be so sad when she had to go back to school....

I also love hangin' with my cousin Haley (whom I call Abby as well). We had so much fun swimming with Nona and Grandpa!

More fun at Nona's house! My first popsicle (at least as far as my Mom is aware)

We went to the Holmes' lake house for the 4th of July. I had so much fun watching the fireworks, walking along the water.........

and sunset cruises on the pontoon boat.......

I looked cute too.....

After all that, Grandpa and I are pooped.....