thanksgiving weekend!

we had a WONDERFUL thanksgiving weekend! we woke up thursday morning and the kids loved watching the macy's parade on tv! we got ready and went to our first feast of the day at granny's house! it was so good to see all my family and cousins... i have a ton of them. as far as my cousins go, i think there are at least 12 of us, and most are married. it's crazy how we are all grown up now- and half of us have kids! i think there are at least 18 kids, probably aged 10 and under on dad's side of the family! W-O-W! seems like yesterday WE were the kids! (i didn't take any pics at granny's, sad, i know!) we always have the best food- ham, turkey, dressing, mac n cheese, sweet corn, FRIED OKRA, and a ton of other yummy country fixins! :) i think my aunt jackie and my granny started cooking at 4 am just to get it all ready!!

then after granny's we headed to huntsville for our second feast- at mamaw and pawpaw's house! again, it was great to see everyone, all our cousins- and the kids cousins too! i think there are 14 little ones, ages 8 and under! not all were there, but wow. it was a packed house anyways! there we had more yummy food! my fav food at mamaw's is always the turkey and dressing, and lou lou's baked beans! and all the desserts. rice crispy treats, cakes, cookies, pies, puppy chow, oreo balls. you name it!! i did take a few pics...

lucas had so much fun playing with this huge football outside! he would throw it at me (see bottom right pic!) then i'd throw it to him. he'd chase it. tackle it. throw it... you get the idea! :) it seemed wierd having such warm weather at thanksgiving, but when it wasn't raining, the kids really enjoyed playing outside. and we were able to take our family christmas pics without freezing to death, so i guess it worked out well! (the new pic up top of us 4 is a preview of what's to come from the photo session with page!)

i hate i didn't take more good pics... i do have some more but they didn't turn out all that great. so what you see is what you get! :)

josh and shannon kept all 6 cousins thanksgiving nite for a sleep-over! that means nate and i got to sleep in friday and have a quiet morning! i spent most of it on the couch in my pjs, ordering christmas gifts online! then i picked up the boys at half time of the game and went to trussville... at the 3rd store lucas had a major meltdown and i decided our shopping trip was over! :) after that, for the most part, we just hung out at home and had a great rest of the weekend! thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays, and one reason is def the 4 days off work! i could use more long weekends like that!!

i hope you had an amazing thanksgiving as well. (and see my post below as to a few of the things i am thankful for this year!)

next up: christmas decorations complete with pics of the boys helping put the ornaments on the tree :)