Goldie with her "treasures"
Ian with his new car, Thank you uncle Mike & Aunt Sunny, Jackson, Goldie!
Izze with paw paw and her new baby alive, Thank you papa
Paw paw and Ian all smiles!
Goldie relaxing!
Jackson & Isabelle making their own creations out of markers and paper!
Uncle Mike and Goldie finishing their present opening!
Wow, how fast time seems to fly sometimes. Thanksgiving of 09' has already been, and gone. We did have a great time with family this year! We headed to Ponca on Thanksgiving day, to have a big family get together, and lots of yummy food. I learned how to make my aunts sweet potatoes this year, which I was really excited about. Almost learned the recipe for her pecan pie, I can't really recall it though. It's those simple traditions that mean a lot to me. Even if it is cooking, that way I can pass them on to Izze and Ian. We were surrounded with nannies, papas, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters, brothers, the things that are most important around the holidays. We are so thankful for each one of these people in our lives. After the Thanksgiving meal, we headed outdoors to toss the Frisbee and football around. This is one of the kids favorite things to do with the "older" kids, and adults. Later in the day we headed to my mom's, nanny Faith's house. The kids almost immediately had nanny Faith looking for fun things to do. Nanny Faith found some "treasures" for Isabelle to bring back with her, she was really excited about those. Thanksgiving day ended with a nice drive back to Edmond.
The next day was full of excitement as well, Brian's brother and his family, and Paw Paw Jack, were coming over for Thanksgiving lunch and to open presents. Uncle Mike and his family will not be back for Christmas, so we decided to combine the two, which the kids thought was a great idea of course with presents to open and all. We tore open presents first, and then got started on the Thanksgiving lunch, everything turned out so great! We made it really special this year with Ann's, (Brian's mom) china, no paper plates this year. After the Thanksgiving lunch, this year we decided to put lights outside. Granted we decided to start with what we have and each year add something new. Just a few this year, but none the less the kids had a blast helping Brian put them up. They get excited every night to turn them on as well. We skipped out on shopping Black Friday this year. We did get out and get our family Christmas ornament. The first Christmas Brian and I were married that was a tradition we started, to get a new ornament for the tree each year. The kids helped pick it out this year, and it is fun to tell them about each ornament from years passed. Thanksgiving Holiday 09' ended with much love, thankfulness, gratitude, and many blessings in our hearts. We love this time of year, and we are looking forward to the Christmas Holiday just around the corner. New traditions, and plans to be made!!
Happy Holidays everyone!!
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