Surprise!

Teachers and students at David's school decided to end for Thanksgiving break with a fun filled teachers vs. the 8th grade girls volleyball team game.  Brooke and I thought David was the star of the game. Here he is in mid-air. Check out that sweatband.  It turned out to be a very close game, and the teachers actually went home with the trophy. Go old people! At the end of the game everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to David.
We went straight from the game to start our trip to MP for Thanksgiving. All the while Brooke and I were keeping a big secret from David....a surprise birthday party from his family in MP! We did have to tell a few white lies to keep up the ruse. Brooke picked out this fun gift for Daddy. Here she is playing with it before we wrapped it. 

The party was a success. David did not suspect a thing. It's tradition that the family take David out to eat at El Chico for dinner on his birthday when he's in town. The difference this time was 36 relatives shouting "Surprise!" when he walked in. 

Those are cupcakes!

Thanksgiving dinner was delicious, and Brooke enjoyed all the attention she got as the only baby. Here are a few pics from her first Thanksgiving. 

Grabbing Uncle Dodo's Beard. She found it fascinating, along with his chest hair.

Waving in her new outfit from Aunt Diana

Just before the meal...

The last few moments before her new outfit became covered in sweet potatoes.