Thanksgiving 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Me and my little lady were matching….yes I’ve been waiting a long time to do that!! teeheehee. And funny thing is…those dresses were bought at totally different times, different places, heck different countries!! But it worked for the occasion!  

 

Holidays around here can somewhat be like Ground Hog’s Day. Same place, same people, same food. So this year it was so nice to kinda “spice” things up!! My sis-in-law (SIL) and bro-in-law (BIL) hosted Thanksgiving in their new home! They moved back to Cali from upstate NY this summer…...

It was a BEAUTIFUL day…we could have actually gone swimming BUT we stayed inside. Men watched football. Kids played games and colored…it was SO relaxing.
 

Ella LOVES her cousin Bae.  She calls Bailey “Bae”…I love it.  And I think he secretly does as well. ;)  She climbs up into his lap no hesitation. I love it.

 

Our Ground Hogs Day cycle has been broken but I know my SIL is having to adjust too. They usually spend turkey day in their jammies just them 4 at home.  NOW she hosted the herd of us…and she did SUCH a great job!! Thanks for having us Missy & Chris!
 

Before we sat down for dinner I forced everyone outside for a family pic! They will thank me later! lol

 

The food was delish!! The usual spread BUT some New Yorker add-ons!! Having enough people for 2 tables doesn’t happen often around here!! But I have to say…I liked it…a lot!!

Dinner was followed up with MORE coloring. And Ella was making this “concentration face”…I was cracking up!!

We all ate until we couldn’t sit comfortably.  I hate being that miserable BUT you KNOW I’ll still dip in for some dessert! FatAssProbs.  And of course more SOBER jenga…OH how times have changed! Playing Jenga without an alcoholic beverages in hand! hahaha  This girl couldn’t get her drank on…shopping had to be done that night!!! Yeah!
But  I sat back and watched my kids play with their cousins…its SO nice to have family around for the holidays! I know Owen and Ella are a lot younger than their cousins BUT either way I pray that they are able to have a good relationship with them.  I love family…and am not used to having them around but I sure do LOVE it!!  I’m so THANKFUL they made the decision to move home. We love having them here.

 

The night ended with Ella rockin’ out on Rock Band while my SIL, niece and myself browsed the Black Friday ad’s and created our plan of attack for later that night. 

And our tradition continues…me, mom, Taryn and Gaga braved the craziness of Black Friday (on Thursday night). Toys R Us, Kohls, Old Navy, JcPenny’s from 10pm-3am. 
AND no LINES! It was awesome!!