Thanksgiving

My Daddy (preacher) is walking the kids down to Aunt Della and Uncle Jeff's house. I have many memories of my sisters and I making this small walk back and forth between our house and Grandmother's.


Everyone checking out the cow's, or moo's as Sam calls them.

He wanted to get closer.

Riley pulling Sam to our next stop: The Chicken Coup.

Brothers

Jacob was being such a good helper!

"look mom. I found two eggs!"

It was so cute. As we were heading inside Sam noticed all the boots that were next to the porch. So of course he plopped himself down and started to take off his boots.

Mommy, Riley, and Sam

Me and My mom

Love them more and more each day. I miss you guys!

My BEST friends. I am so thankful for them and the relationship that we have. I am truly blessed.

What a good lookin family :)

(notice Sam cheesin it)

It started to rain, and Sam new where to take cover

My little family!

They loved the piano. Of course now I realize why we were always told to stop playing the piano when we were kids...

My Man and my Momma!

I just love pictures of the food! Yummo. This year was one of the best yet!

Some pictures of everyone who was there. We had such a big crowd and that is just the way that I like it!

Aunt B and Uncle Bruce. I love them SO much.

One of our family traditions is that the kids each get a new pair of pajama's for Thanksgiving. So here are the kids in their new pj's.

(exuse all the red eye's. My editing software wasn't working)

Riley and Sam loved helping make our breakfast brunch.

Riley,

And then Sam. They are so great at sharing and taking turns.

The both loved to help. (especially Riley)

They had so much fun playing with Laura while we were there. Thanks for all your help Laura. The kids miss you and love getting to spend time with you!

I am pretty sure we have some pictures of me swinging just like this. It was really special for me to be able to push my own kids on a swing that I grew up on.

So handsome!

The kids loved playing catch with Grandmother!

It is hard to even put into words how much I enjoyed my time back home for Thanksgiving. It was just like I think the holiday's should be. I like the noise, the hustle, the interaction, the kids running around, the baking, the eating, the fellowship. This year I even made (those that I could wrangle up) listen to me read some about the true Thanksgiving story with Squanto. I think that it is very important for us to know why we celebrate the things that we do. Just like we should know why we believe the things that we believe. I love how Thanksgiving often causes people to stop and think about what we are thankful for. Last year I (attempted) to daily post things that I was thankful for. This year I am so thankful for so many different things. It is hard to believe that this is the next to last Holiday season that we will be spending here in Longview. Times are changing, people are growing, and God's love never ceases. Hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!