Photo catch-up, part 2

We celebrated my mother's birthday during my parents' Thanksgiving visit. Her three loving daughters gave her a gift we knew she could really use: A selection of gourmet bacon. (There are a lot of pork fat fans in our family.) Here is Maddie modeling the pig nose that came with it.


Leading up to Christmas, the one thing the kids consistently said they wanted was a Wii. Luckily, Santa was on board with that, leading to some very happy faces.

5-year-olds are formidable opponents. After I barely beat Maddie at Wii Sports boxing, I wished I'd asked Santa for a home defibrillator.

Mimi made her holiday presence felt with Longhorns sweatshirts, which the girls wore on the day of the Fiesta Bowl. Their father watched the game rather grudgingly, as he felt they should have been playing in the title game. There was a lot of '45-35' commentary throughout the bowl season.