Thanksgiving #2!!

It poured today.

We are tired....well, I am...chris roared out of bed this morning when he realized he could mushroom pick all morning and leave me to chill with the kids!  He was gone for like 4 hours in the pouring rain looking for mushrooms!  Fill your boots my boy!! 

Our friends arrived early afternoon.....we played, we ate a huge, wonderful turkey dinner, we watched AFV, we hid from the kids {seriously, with all this room and they all still prefer to be within 4 feet of us.....i guess one day we will miss that??}.

 Being silly......

 Adessa is a cool little girl...she wants in on EVERYTHING!!!  She didn't realize she was too small to climb....well, if she couldn't climb, she was totally going to help belay then....

 nic giving it a go!  she rocked it......

 This last shot is for Nicole.....Adessa is a sweet girl, but this is the stage.  And in a year from now, i will link back to this post and be like "see! this is what she USED to be like and she is such a happy, easy going angel now who gives you space and eats all her dinner when its actually MEAL time!!"

I had a post like that of elliot when we went to vegas...i couldn't really remember what he was like until i saw that i had posted a shot of him, not unlike this one, of him screaming in his stroller.  My caption below that shot was us at the Bellagio fountain saying it was one of the highlights because elliot had finally screamed himself to sleep and we were able to really enjoy the beauty of the fountain...in peace.

Chris left the camera in the car at dinner time, so no food shots {which i LOVE}...but Nic and i rocked it in the kitchen tonight!!  Turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes with the marshmallow top, mashed potatoes that turned out like glue but still good with gravy, cranberry sauce, roasted cauliflower, carrots......it was alot of fun....and, again, there was much to be thankful for.