Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

Before Christmas, we thought we'd catch up on pictures from Thanksgiving :-) We spent the four day weekend with Mimi and Boppa. We delayed our actual Thanksgiving celebration to Friday when Aunt TT, Uncle Ty, and baby Addie (which is really how she is referred to in our house) joined us. The girls had a fabulous time playing with Addie and couldn't keep their eyes or hands off her!

Addie fresh from a bath in the kitchen sink!

Ellie and Audrey love their baby cousin



Ellie and Addie

Audrey and the refried beans....

Mimi and Boppa have their hands full with three granddaughters four and under!

Thanksgiving weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday and are all still stuffed! This morning, Mimi and I hit the Black Friday sales and got lots of good deals on necessities (baby food and diaper wipes) as well as fun treats for the girls (board games, toys, and other Christmas goodies). Now we're hanging out and enjoying the chance to relax. Audrey is taking a nap with Boppa, Ellie is watching the Macy's Parade on DVR with Mimi, and Lori is reading a good book. Ahhh, life is good!

Our little turkeys!

Ellie taking a bite out of each her three dessert selections. She decided that apple pie was the best....

but then decided that she would rather just have a real apple!

Audrey had Thanksgiving dinner, too - her first taste of applesauce....

which as you can see she wasn't crazy about!

Mimi helped Ellie make snowmen pretzels. Ellie loved it!

Mimi and the girls

Audrey visiting with our friend Linda

(Lorraine, we expect you to join us next time!)

Giving thanks

We are spending this weekend with Mimi and Boppa and giving much thanks. This year we have so incredibly much for which to be thankful including...

Our beautiful girls - they have brought us greater joy than we could ever imagine and completed our lives in an indescribable way!

Our health - we are thankful for all of our continued good health, but this year we are most thankful for Lori's lack of lymphoma progression!

Our extended family - we are thankful for our family who values and supports us for who we are, not just because we're related!

Our job security - in this unstable economy, we are thankful for stable jobs with good benefits, which we also happen to enjoy!

Our good friends - where would we be without good friends?!? We treasure the new friends that we've made in our area as well as "old" friends from places and experiences long ago!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A very thankful mama and her precious girls

My First Thanksgiving!

"I'm Stuffed!"