Cousin time and sports galore

November was a month filled with family, friends, and more family. And it just flew by! I swear time just keeps speeding up.

Here are some highlights of the Horne family happenings in November:

My cousin Brett and his fiancee JoEllen rolled through town on their way up to Oregon, where they're moving from Texas. Brett's an Air Force pilot like my brother. Quite the precocious family I have! Evan had a good time showing off his smiles, and we all enjoyed meeting JoEllen. Now we can't wait until their wedding next...April?

That very same weekend, Evan participated in his first 5K -- the Phoenix New Times 10K with 5K Stroller Stroll. It was so nice to actually get out and moving again after our sedentary summer, even though the walk pretty much kicked our butts, sad sad shape that we're in. Evan was even winded though, strong boy. One of the highlights of the race was seeing an awesome walker with Cerebral Palsy hauling a$$ past us all...the best part was, she was wearing a t-shirt that said something like "And I'm not even going to finish last!" So true, so true.

A few days later, I randomly had the day off for Veteran's Day, and so we decided to check out the Phoenix Veteran's Day Parade. It's really pretty extensive; something like the 4th largest Veteran's Day parade in the country or something, so we were duly impressed. Our favorites were the Dancing Grannies...not sure exactly how they fit into Veteran's Day, but they were quite entertaining in all their limber-ness. Wish I had a picture but instead I'll show you this:

And that very same day, Evan turned 5 months old! This month's photo shoot was really cute because it was the first one that Evan really seemed to enjoy. Life is better when you can get your hands on a caterpillar, it seems. And it's funny, because by now, whenever he sees a camera, he's conditioned to put on a big grin and act supercute. It's pretty convenient really.

Then last but not least, when Uncle Jony came back to stay for a few days before heading home to England, we took him and Evan to their first Suns game. In retrospect is was not a shining moment of parenthood to take Evan to such a loud and distracting place, and near his bedtime to boot, but he really did great. He fell right asleep on me when I put him in his sling (LOVE our sling) and other than the buzzer going off and startling the poor kid every few seconds, he actually had a nice little nap!