Thanksgiving 2013

Well.... this post is obviously late.  But, better late than never, right??  

This year, I left about a week before Thanksgiving to hang out with family and friends in Midland.  Cary flew into Dallas where we picked her up and she joined us on the looooonnng drive to Midland.  Let's face it... there's never a "good" time to travel with 3 little boys.  There aren't enough movies, books, snacks or songs that I can sing to keep them happy for that long.  :(

 So... here's a little bit about what we did while we were there....

I got a MAJOR haircut.  Like 8 inches, y'all!!  I decided it was time I cut my Britney Spears 'fro and  and go for a new look.  I'm loving it :)  And love that it takes me like 3 minutes to blow it dry!  Why didn't I do this sooner?? 

 We were also able to go to my Uncle Larry's 60th surprise birthday party hosted by my Aunt Susie!!  

Love this wonderful man :)

 Carley and my cousin's little girl, Lennon

My mom pulled out the 14 Cabbage Patch Kids (that I'm sure she saved thinking I'd have a girl!) I had as a child for the boys to play with.  They didn't exactly play with them as much as I did (like maaayybe 10 minutes) but they tossed them around a bit.  I guess now I'll have to hang onto them until I have a granddaughter!

 Cary giving her best E.T. impersonation

Luke having a full conversation with this one....

 My mom had the brilliant idea of buying a huge jump house for the boys to bounce in.  With the weather being fairly cool most days, it definitely came in handy.  And even though there aren't pictures of it, Cary and I got in on some of the action as well.  Remember the game "crack the egg"?  My legs gave out trying to "crack" her!  We never pass up an opportunity to act like goof-balls.

Gotta love when you leave your phone lying around and your sister and niece leave you a little surprise :)  Talk about a couple of goof-balls!!

 My three little muchkins on Thanksgiving day

The girls...  (sorry... we neglected to take any other pics w/ everyone :(...)

My sisters 

 My littlest (even though he's the middle child) turkey

 Jack loved collecting all these pecans at the school playground near my mom's house.  When we got back home, he spent forever cracking them open and getting the nuts.  What a little worker :)

And of course, we had to visit Dennis the Menace park again. 

 Then Patrick took the boys back to McKinney so I could have a few extra days with family and friends before heading back home myself.  Of course, we had nightly giggles over FaceTime.  

And then finally back home.... where I got to see my boys and enjoy s'mores with Jack and Patrick in the backyard (he and Daddy had a campout planned!).  
Love these memories and the times when I get to see family and friends.