Thankful

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We started out at my Aunt Susan & Uncle Lawrence's house who had the most family there than we have had in a long time. It was so good to see everyone and to see all the little ones that we don't get to see very often. Some of the "little ones" are not so little anymore and are teenagers or on the brink. The food of course was wonderful and we tried not to stuff ourselves too much since we were heading to Corry's parents for dinner in just a few hours.


Autumn and her second cousin Abby...

All of the kids love playing in their mock casino in the garage. It is always a hit!

That's all of the pics I took and I really wish now we had gotten a pic of all of the kids together. That may have been impossible, though!

So after eating too much and visiting with everyone, we headed to Corry's parent's house....

We had special guests this year- Dwaine, Julie, Alli & TJ, and it was fun to see Autumn, Shelby, Audrey & Travis playing with Alli & TJ. This was the first time we have ever all been together since having kids.

A brief background... Corry & Derik grew up with Dwaine and lived down the street from him in a tiny town called Van Vleck, Dwaine & Derik were roommates in college and we all went to Southwest Texas with the exception of Julie who went to UTMB in San Antonio. Julie & I have been friends since junior high and I spent many a night at her house in junior high and high school. So we've all got a lot of history and Corry's family has known Dwaine since he was a baby and enjoyed seeing TJ who they say looks exactly like Dwaine as a little boy.

Audrey & Autumn looking so cute in their brown dresses with pink polka dots- not planned by the way!

The four of them coloring the new books Dwaine & Julie had just brought them.

Alli & Autumn enjoying some ice cream sandwich...apparently it was fingerlicious to Alli.

Travis really enjoyed his special chocolate popsicle.

And my only pictures with TJ are of him with his daddy or Derik in a blond wig and I won't post those. I would probably post them of my own husband but not my place to post here I don't think. They are awfully funny, though!

I really wish we'd gotten a big group picture here, too. Maybe next time!

It was a great day and I am so thankful for all of our family and friends and all that God has given us.