Thanksgiving and The Saturday After

Why yes, I am months behind on my blog.  What's new?

Oh well. Life happens.

More important than recording it, is enjoying it.   And that, we have!

Today, I'm looking back at November 28th and 30th.  It was a wonderful couple of days.

We spent thanksgiving in Natchitoches with Cory's family.

The kids had been dying to make an Apple Pie, and they did quite a good job.

Then Lan took over my camera for a bit and got a couple of really nice shots!
This one really shows off Nana's blue eyes!

 And she caught a really sweet smile from Mason.

 Of course a day full of Thanksgiving activities tires a little guy out.  No better place than Daddy's shoulder to rest.

 And what better way to end the day than all the grandbabies piled on Nana watching the video for "What Does the Fox Say" LOL

 They are captivated.

We headed home the next day and on Saturday we headed to the Christmas Tree Farm.

We've had a fake tree for the last 8 years.  And after Christmas every year we say "We are going to get a real tree next year."  But then Christmas rolls around and convenience gets us.  We go to the attic and pull out the fake tree.  However, last year we decided to change that.  We tossed our fake tree on the curb so it would force us to get a real one this year. 

I'm so glad we did.

Once we got it into place inside, it was time to dress it up.....

....which was quite the task with Cooper around.  The ornaments are balls, so he treated them as such.  I've never been more thankful for shatterproof.

Coop finally directed his attention elsewhere.  But once we realized he was being a little too quiet, it was a little too late.  

He had thrown himself a little marshmallow party.

And boy did he have a ball.

Thankfully, he gave himself a little sugar high, then crashed just in time for bed.