How We Celebrate Thanks Day!

We celebrate with our Christmas decor already up! We celebrate with our closest family! This year I went to my folks house early by myself! It was so weird! I haven't been able to just hang out with them only!  Mom and I went to see Breaking Dawn and giggled through the whole thing!   The whole Edward thing is silly to us!

The kids came Wednesday and we cooked and played! Dad and Harry played this Zingo game for hours!  Georgia Kelley joined in too!

 Cousins bring the most fun!

How sweet are they?? We all just laughed the whole time! Family is the best!

 We went to the Ware's on Thursday! Harry helped cut the fried turkey!

 Playing with cousins are so much fun!

 Sandy and Harry had this really cool idea to retell the story of Christmas with the Little People's Christmas story!  The kids loved it!  They also got to pick out animals to help kids in other countries!  It was a very cool idea!

Friday, I shopped all day with my mom and then all night with my MIL! Two people I love spending time with and doing something I  love to do!
 I insisted on the girls staying the night with us Saturday night! We had the best time! I was so sad when they left! We made snacks!

 Read books!

 Painted self portraits!  These girls did not last long painting themselves!

The older kids got in to it!  They painted a princess and a cowboy!

 While they finished up their paintings, the girls wanted their toes polished!

 Before church!

 I was so sad when I was packing up their bags! They are the sweetest girls and we had the best time! I got the best compliment from Mallory! She kept calling me Aunty Mommy! I know it probably won't stick but, it melted my heart! I am crazy about these girls!

We celebrate with family!

Grands for Great

The Ware babies got together for a rare playdate! It is so hard to get schedules together but, we made it happen and everyone was so happy!  We started with the park! Mallory Kate and Georgia Kelley (9weeks apart) love each other and do a good job of mimicing one another!

 It is no secret the love Harry and Brooklyn have for each other!  They are like bread and butter!

 We had lunch at Grandma's home to celebrate her birthday!  Georgia Kelley was good at greeting!

 Happy Birthday Grandma!

The kids made sure everyone got a chocolate with their cake!

We had a blast and can't wait to celebrate again on Mother's day!

A Very Thanksgiving

We had memorable and sweet Thanksgiving at Grandmother Georgia's house. With the whole family there we were able to keep the family traditions alive!

 Okay, so Baby Bo...cutest baby ever!  He kept turning away from the camera!

 I love this picture of my sisters and mom!  The laughing never stops!  I have to say that is one thing I am VERY thankful for!

 Caroline LOVES "Grandmother Georgia" or so she calls Georgia Kelley.

 We brought games and Tessa they brought games and GAMES they played!

 On the eve of Thanksgiving we sat on the deck and went down memory lane!  While out there Harry and Caroline hit the screen running in!  SO FUNNY!

 Olivia put on a concert for us! You can't buy this type of entertainment! I know it is hard to believe but I passed hte torch to her; that was my job as a little girl at all family events! I made my stardom from "Just a Swingin"!  I am happy to give the job to Olivia!

 Emily told the best stories and stayed to savor those memories!

 I can't tell you how many times we had to stop this jumping on the bed!

 Paul took the job as the cuddler for Grinch!

 I was the BINGO caller!  I am not wearing a lamp! HA!

 I love Grandmother's house because we have so many great memories and traditions! We eat the exact same foods every year!  We go around the table and say what we are thankful for.  This year we went around four times! The rule is you have to be specific...not general.  I would write what everyone said but, Chad said not to put that on my blog.  I  will tell you that I said: Mom(it was her birthday), Grandmother's dining table (so many traditions and fond memories there), Harry's cousins, and Tessa(she fits in so well with our humor and she appreciates it)!  There are so many more things I am thankful for but at that time those fit!  Harry said he was thankful for Mommy, daddy, and the whole wide world!

 Caroline came on home with us to spend the night! She is so funny and loves Harry and Georgia Kelley so much!  They had a ball!  She cracks me up!

Caroline was a blast and we will have to make it a longer trip next time!  Like I said, we LOVE our cousins!