Happy Thanksgiving!

Our thankful turkey...

My boys love traditions.  I'm not sure if I will ever be able to serve them anything else on Thanksgiving morning. :)

We headed to the Cunningham's house for lunch. The boys loved seeing their cousins!

Post lunch football game was the perfect way to spend the afternoon.

Connor-6, Kate-5, Carson-4, Hanah-3, and Natalie-2

Thanksgiving 2013

Our Thanksgiving this year didn't go exactly as planned.  We had all just recovered from a bad virus the week before, but Carson seemed to be coming down with another one.  As soon as the boys woke up, Connor requested "turkey" pancakes like we had made the year before.

Connor grabbed the pretzels and made a few additions that turned out pretty cute.

After we finished breakfast, I noticed Carson's eyes were pink and started searching for an after hours clinic that might be open on the holiday.  We thankfully got one of the last appointments and left an hour later with an antibiotic for ear infections and eye drops for pink eye. Fun fun!

Poor little guy was miserable, but still looked cute in his turkey shirt!

We cancelled our plans with family and spent the afternoon just hanging out at the house.

We had some fun making these cute turkey cookies too.

Nana and Poppa stopped by for a quick visit and joined in on the fun too.

With a last minute trip to the grocery store, I grabbed a few things to make our own Thanksgiving meal at home. 

It turned out to be a great Thanksgiving at home after all.

 "Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."

Psalm 106:1

Thanksgiving

For weeks now Connor has been talking about Thanksgiving.  He has been so excited and would check the calendar daily to see if it was the 22nd.  At school they learned a lot about the first Thanksgiving.  I picked him up one day from school and found him dressed up as a Native American.  He named himself "Chasing Cat." 

The much anticipated Thanksgiving Day finally arrived and we celebrated with turkey pancakes.  

 We meet up with Cole's family later that morning for the Turkey Trot.

My sweet little turkeys getting ready for our big Thanksgiving dinner.  

It was a fun evening with lots of family and great food.

Thanksgiving 2011

This year we headed to Texarkana to celebrate Thanksgiving.  The boys did great on the long car trip!  Carson is not always a fan of being strapped in when he gets sleepy, but snacks and movies seemed to get us through.  Taking the back roads landed us in Longview so we even got to make a quick stop to see Amy, David, Kate, Hannah, Nana, and Poppa.  The boys were happy to be out of the car for a minute and play with their cousins.

 I have an overload of photos for you from our trip.  Here are a few new favorites of the boys...

 Momma Lou and Ed had everyone over for Thanksgiving lunch.  The food and desserts were delicious!  It was so nice to see all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins too.  We were only missing a few.

The weather was perfect for an afternoon walk.

Thursday night Courtney, Kaci, and I hit the stores for a little Black Friday shopping watching.  None of us bought a single thing, but let me just say that is was definitely an experience.  We went to Walmart at 10 and Target at midnight and I don't think I have ever seen so many people acting so crazy.  That was probably my first and last time to do that. :)  

 On Friday we headed to Papa and Ginny's for dinner with the family.  It was so much fun to get to hang out and visit some more.

Papa with 2 (out of 4) of his favorite great-grandsons! :)

 

 We all enjoyed getting to spend time with family and are very thankful for all the precious people that God has put in our lives.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2009

Our family has lots to be thankful for this year! Thanksgiving was a great day to stop and reflect on all that God has blessed us with. One of the biggest blessing is this sweet smiling face!

Connor was beside himself when he realized that Cole was at home when he woke up that morning. He wanted his Daddy to play with him all morning. It was so cute to watch! We turned on the parade for a little while, but Connor was really more interested in having his Daddy play cars with him.

After we got ready we headed to Mimi's to kick off our Thanksgiving feast. She made a delicious brunch complete with a sausage log, bacon-cheese scrambled eggs, strawberry-orange fruit salad, and brunch punch. I wish I had some one make this for me every morning! :)

By 11:00 Connor was ready for a nap...

That afternoon Cole's sister, Amy, came over to take our family pictures for our Christmas card. They turned out so good! I was shocked that we got so many great shots with Connor actually smiling and looking at the camera all in about 10 minutes. Mimi definitely knew how to get Connor to smile while Amy got some amazing shots! Thank you ladies for your help!

Late that afternoon we all headed over to Kyle and Betty's house (Cole's aunt and uncle) for our big Thanksgiving dinner. We had tons of food and as much as I tried not too I still ate too much! The girls did lots of visiting while the boys watched the football game. When I got home I realized that I had forgot to take any pictures while we were there.

I will leave you with one of my favorite "new" Thanksgiving traditions that I started last year. I made Connor this scrapbook to record all of our Thanksgiving memories. My favorite part is seeing how much he has changed from last year to this year.

Each year I am going to trace his hand to make a "turkey," write a brief description of what we did, sign every ones name that we celebrated with, and take a picture of him in his Thanksgiving attire.

Last year I colored his turkey and this year Connor was old enough to color his own. Look how much his hand has grown in just a year!

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving too!