Thanksgiving.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and ate too much turkey, too much mashed potatoes, pie, etc. We had ourselves a feast twice and it was lovely! Good thing I have my turkey pants {a.k.a. maternity pants}! Thanksgiving day was spent with my aunt/uncle, grandma, and cousins. It was great to see them and the kids all enjoyed playing together. Brylee sure enjoyed having other kids around! We will see if this still holds true when her little sister arrives! Sat. night we went over to friends of Darryl's parents for dessert...eventhough we were still stuffed from all the food we ate during the day, we still managed to shove in a few pumpkin bars!
Thursday night I got up a few minutes till midnight and headed to our local Target for the midnight opening. I am not sure if I am crazy or the whole idea of black Friday is crazy, but the whole experience was CRAZY! I arrived at 12:02 and got one of the last parking spaces in the gigantic lot. From there I proceeded to find the end of the line, which was wrapped 3/4 around the building. The line moved at a steady pace and thankfully the weather was a balmy 50 degrees! Luckily upon entering the craziness of carts, frantic shoppers, and Target employees I found what I had came for....A Disney princess doll and a matching dress for little B! So, I was a happy camper. I then proceeded to weave through all of the food aisles in order to get to the main checkout line. All in all, it wasn't bad, but I am undecided whether it was worth the craziness!
We celebrated our 2nd Thanksgiving celebration on Sunday night with Darryl's side of the family...his brother, sister-in-law, our nieces, and Darryl's parents. Darryl's parents new house is in the process of being built so Thanksgiving was held at Eric and Leah's this year. We had some awesome deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc. More yummy food!
All in all it was a fantastic few days of eating, eating, and more eating. We have so much to be thankful for this year...our growing family, our health, and the love of our awesome family and friends. We are truly blessed.
Here are some pics from Thanksgiving at the Voigt's house...forgot to bring my camera to the Bushard's.

 {the master chef}

 {Jodi and Kaiah}

 {Missy checking out the ads}

 {Miss Addison Clark}

 {sweet Kaiah True}

 {J and Elijah just chillin' out}

 {Addi playing on the ipad}

 {Colby and Brylee}

{Mr. Elijah Wrigley}

 {G'ma Joyce}

 {almost a walker}

 {drinking tea with Steph}

{Papa a.k.a. uncle Larry on stair patrol}

 {Camden and Addison}

 {sweetness}

 

{Miss Cami Shea}

 {Brylee and her kitty}

 {Scott and Kaiah}

 {J and Eli}

 {Darryl's serious face}

 {Addi, Cami, and Brylee}

 {Turkey coma}

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

changing of the seasons

Hey! Long time no post...or so it feels. We have been busy with the hustle and bustle of everyday life! I finally got in the mood to take some pictures today, perhaps because we had our first snow fall! Brylee was so excited to see the snow when she woke up from nap and it has been coming down steadily all afternoon and evening. Eventhough the snow will be gone in a day or so {as they are forecasting a mid-week warm-up even perhaps 50 degrees on Thanksgiving}, we took full advantage to play in the snow and even venture out to buy our first "real" Christmas tree! I have been trying to convince Darryl since we were married to get a real Christmas tree....and well, folks...it is has finally happened! We typically put up our tree Thanksgiving weekend, but it always seems like such a hectic weekend that we voted to do it this weekend. So the tree is in our house warming up and relaxing its branches. Tomorrow we will decorate and usher in the new season!Here are some pics of ushering out the fall season and welcoming the winter season today. Fall pics courtesy of daddy's skills {he has some great picture taking skills!}.
Have a great short week everyone and a Happy Thanksgiving!

{and now to some winter pics! The first official snow of the season....}