Thanksgiving

We were so blessed this holiday season to get to see my ENTIRE family. It all started out with Thanksgiving in Arkansas. It was filled with a lot of firsts. Mom got to meet Cole for the first time. My younger brothers got to meet the kids for the first time ever. They kept saying it was weird to see me as a mom :). It was Devin's first time in Arkansas. First time we all prepared the thanksgiving meal! It was SO fun. 

We had a lot of down time to just visit and talk with mom and the boys. I LOVED IT! I was sad the kids were not feeling so great -- they really don't do well away from home for extended periods of time. But they were troopers and had fun for the most part. 

 We discovered some books in mom's storage.

 The kids had fun reading them :)

Esperanza, Mike, Devin. 

We were all standing around trying to figure out how to get rock band working... 

 We got it working...here are the boys rocking out :)

 Mike making a silly face...I just had to get a picture of it!

 Dev trying out the drums!

 My 'little' brother Jacob....first time seeing him in 3 1/2 years. So nice to visit!

 We were blessed with nice weather! And got to play in mom's big yard quite a bit.

 Yes they were still in their pj's in the middle of the day :) Sometimes getting outside just can't wait!

 Mike trying to copy Cole's scrunch face -- he did a pretty good job!

 Here are some sibling pics of the four who were out there together!

 LOVE this pic!

 We did a small gift exchange with Mom while we were out there. 

Lucy surpressing her excitement over the horse mom got her!

 Cole didn't know what to think of the cars...But he LOVES them now :)

We got to spend a whole week in Arkansas, and it was wonderful! I love being a part of a big family but it is so hard when you don't get to see each other often. 

LOVE YOU ALL!