Thanksgiving... Finally

Well, I finally have a moment to tell you about our Thanksgiving!

The whole family was there! I was so excited, and we all got to stay for several days! We kicked off the fun Tuesday night when we all arrived! Mom made her now famous Chicken and Dumplings and we were stuffed. Brad opened an early Christmas gift from Chris for us all to play! Mario Kart for Wii... We stayed up way to late speeding around mushroom gorge and moo moo meadows, but it was worth it!

Wednesday, Mom made appointments for Lane and I to get massages while Dad and Brad golfed and Chris and Alex did some last minute shopping for our Thanksgiving Christmas! Lane and I both decided that Cynthia gave us one of the best massages ever and felt so relaxed after! We all went to visit Chris's church and Youth Group that he has been volunteering for! It was a great service and had some really good worship...Then it was back home for some more Wii!

Turkey Day/ Christmas morning was next! Brad and I will be in Australia with his family over Christmas so we celebrated with my family early! Brad and I got some really nice things, most of mine were for the house and clothes and Brad received clothes, Cowboys parafanella, and really cool shoes! We gave Alex a sushi and sake set, Lane got a coach cluth and bracelet and Chris got a scarf and the full Chronicles of Narnia book collection. Mom and Dad got a free stay here in McKinney and dinner for two at Ricks! What more could they ask for? HaHa, I love family gift time... Although its not the reason for the season by any means, its still a fun tradition!

Mom made a heck of a Thanksgiving meal and completely out did herself! She made all of our favorites that we grew up with, so delicious! Lane made a new and special dessert that will most likely become a tradition! Then we took family pictures as seen above!




Typical!

We all went shopping on Black Friday and it was a little crazy! But after seeing Four Christmases and eating at Cheesecake Factory we were more than pleased! It was a great trip and we all had so much fun hanging out and eating lots of food!