Thanksgiving recaps

Better include Thanksgiving before Christmas is here!

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving break! It was so, so, sooo nice to have Chris home for several days! We spent a lot of the time doing absolutely nothing, but hanging out together, which is probably my favorite thing to do!

We enjoyed such a great dinner at Chris' parents house with his family! It was all so delicious and we so appreciate the work that goes into that kind of production! It was so good to spend time with his siblings and for our kids to see their cousins from Idaho that they haven't seen in a long time! Kaiya followed her cousin Katie around for about 8 hours straight and was in heaven! It was so cute! We stuffed ourselves silly and then tried not to move much, but sat around and chatted and enjoyed being together! It was a really perfect day. How I missed my family, though!

We got the house all decorated for Christmas and it was really fun this year because the kids were such good helpers and were so excited about it all! Kaiya did have a moment of melt-down, though, because she thought that decorating for Christmas meant that it was time to open presents! She was incredibly disappointed that she still has to wait a month for that! But she got over it really quick and fell in love with all the sparkling and snowmen, and dazzling decorations! We had the music cranked up loud and our Christmas tree candle burning (artificial trees just don't smell!) and just had a blast with it all! It is truly a different holiday when you get to experience it through the eyes of your children! I love that! So, we are feeling mighty festive and sooo excited for the holiday season! There is such a special excitement in the air that I wish would never go away!!

So, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving and we are all ready to continue with a wonderful Christmas!