Thanksgiving Weekend

The last few weeks have been a hectic blur in our house; thankfully, we have spent most of the last two weeks with family by our side and that has made all the difference.

When the kids and I came home from Houston, we loaded up and went to Arlington to celebrate Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures to share the story of our nice long weekend: enjoy!

The kids love playing at Nana and Pop's house; they even found one of my old toys- Oscar The Grouch.

They also found Wyatt's old horse- Ride 'Em Cowboy and Cowgirl!

They especially loved playing soccer outside with Uncle Tanner. Jack even stopped playing to clap when Tanner would do a trick (like balancing a  ball on his foot), and then Jack would try and imitate the trick himself. Harper didn't want to kick the ball as much as she wanted to walk around and hold the ball. But, I think they both had a great time.

We celebrated Uncle Tanner's birthday and Uncle Rex's birthday, and the kids got to play with Aunt Becky.

Check out this girl with her hair pulled back to eat some cake- she looks so big!

On Thanksgiving, my family went to a family ranch and got together to eat, catch up, and tell stories. Harper and Jack had a great time going out to see the longhorn steer, the cows, and the baby goats. They also enjoyed playing on the swing set, swinging on the porch swing, and they especially liked riding on the mule- check out Harper's driving skills.

Friday the kids played with Uncle Tanner before we left and he went back to college. They dressed up in Tanner's hats, did some work on his computer, and played his guitars.  I know the kids will be excited to see him when he comes back for Christmas break.

The kids and I also managed to get in a run after Thanksgiving- Abby was excited to go with us!

Tony came home Saturday and Jack and Harper squealed with delight when they saw him walk through the door. Jack even did a little dance, and Harper held his hand all night- through dinner- and would hardly let it go for him to put her to bed. Here's a shot of them playing this morning- even Abby was excited to see Tony.

The last big thing we did with our Thanksgiving break was to put up the Christmas tree. Tony and I did this while the kids were taking their nap and they were astonished to see this tree in our living room when they woke up. Jack and Harper both did a dance and Jack kept saying "Christmas tree! Christmas tree!" They had so much fun looking at the ornaments and talking about the ornaments. We won't over some tree rules (don't take the ornaments off, don't touch the lights, etc). I think the kids were enamored with the tree, so much so that we had to come in and say goodnight to the tree before heading to bed. Jack said "Goodbye Christmas Tree!"  I can't wait to see Christmas through their eyes this year- what a joy.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and bring on Advent!