well, you are all aware that we just celebrated the thanksgiving holidays, so let me do a lil recap (even though I try not to do a day by day anymore, I think it is necessary).
i think many of you may find this beneficial-family tree:
mom and dad
daughter- Katy, married to Brent, two sons - Brady and Blake
daughter- Kristy, married to Trent, one daughter- Ashlyn
daughter- Kelly
daughter- Kasey
Mon: woke up early and headed to Dallas where my mom, dad, Kelly, Ashlyn, Brady were all hanging out. Kelly and I shopped the afternoon away while the others took naps. That night Katy, Brent and Blake joined us.
Tues: we spent the morning getting pictures made of Brady and Blake (its for Blake's 3 months!!!). Then lunched at Chic-fil-A. Then dad, Brent and Brady went to Waco and met up with Kristy to watch the lady bears romp on the CC A&M team!!! The rest of us girls (and Blake) finished up shopping and then caravanned (Katy had her car, I had mine, and Kelly had to bring hers) down to Temple where we would settle in for the rest of the Thanksgiving holidays.
Wed: hung out at the house, played with the kiddoes (ash, bray-bray, and blakers), let mom and sisters do the grocery shopping for the thanksgiving food. Oh yeah, Kristy came in from Waco and joined us all (this made the fam complete, except for Trent...no comment) Wednesday afternoon I put together 12 really cute turkeys pails for name cards at the table. They turned out really cute, everyone was pleased with them!! Then Wed night we all piled in the cars (yes 2, there are so many of us that we don't fit in one car) and went to this really cool, really cool Christmas light show. Its on some property in Belton and winds around the lake with all these cool lights that jump and move...it was pretty fun. Brady really liked it, Ash and Blakers slept throught it, oops!!!
Thurs: woke up, everyone was cooking, my job was to set the table and find thankful verses for everyone, and entertain the kids!! i think the morning of thanksgiving might be my favorite part. everyone hanging out, the men frying the turkey, the kids jumping on the trampoline, blakers giggling in the background, everyone else catching up!! it was just the 11 of us, but that's plenty!! we ended up eating around 2:15, which was pretty good, considering 2:00 was our goal. of course its our tradition is to go around the table and each read a verse and say what we are thankful for, i used to dread it, but now i don't mind. i think its a good time to pause and have serious conversation for once. after lunch we played a card game that took somewhere around 3 hrs, called 'golf' then went back for deserts and round 2 of dinner. then kristy and trent left to head to his parents' house in waco, the rest of us played another round of 'golf'. all in all, a nice day with the fam.
Fri: i'll spare you the details: shopping!! We did go to dinner at Cotton Patch in Temple, in celebration of my upcoming b-day. it was early to have to celebrate, but mom's having surgery on my b-day, so it was now or never.
Sat: woke up, lounged. showered, got on the road, headed to my humble abode. think i'm kinda sicky, or allergies or something...no fun!
i didn't mean to omit, but i did get to hold and love on my lil blakers all throughout the week!! he's so precious!! i can't believe that he is already 3 mo!! i'll try to see if i can post his new pics!!
Super Duper: already got a few b-day presents!!
Super Pooper: finals in a week...
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