Thanksgiving and the weekend

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with lots of food, family, football playing and just festivities, in general. And, because I am lazy & trying to get this post finished, these pictures are all over the place with regards to chronology, so just hang with me.

Lots of football. Always. And, this is probably what I was most thankful for since Anderson was literally in heaven.

Super high quality picture. How awesome are the giant forms of Kyler and Brandon? I LOVE that my family was willing to drive here...again, so we could be together. I just cannot believe how grown up my nephews are, though :(

GG will spoil these boys rotten with adorable clothes. And, Max will give you this face every time the flash goes off in a picture. Speaking of GG, she spent Thanksgiving morning in the ER with an ear infection, but still managed to pull off a perfect meal! Super thankful for her!

Not Thanksgiving...out of order, but we did a family trip to the mall to make Reese a Build a Bear for Christmas and it was just a really fun time.

I mean, of course it was fun. Look at this guy!

Snow on Thanksgiving! I really have never dreamt of a White Thanksgiving, but it was pretty fun.

I had this great idea to make the turkey cookies with the candy corn as the feathers and, well, it didn't turn out as planned. (This should not surprise anyone.) Well, I think it turned out as Anderson planned because his cookie creations were pretty epic. I can't help but think of Elf when I look at this because of the inclusion of all of the food groups...candy, candy corn, icing, cookies, sprinkes, etc.

So many adorable Thanksgiving outfits.

We really love that GG keeps everyone in themed clothing for the holidays. How great is this shirt?

Max with Uncle Andrew! Such a good pic, I think. I made a an Aunt collage pic with all 4 aunts & Max and cannot, for the life of me, figure out what I did with it. It might make an appearance in a later blog post.

Again, with the football and other people raising my kid.

One theme of the week was the pediatrician's office. Max has apparently had an ear infection for about 6 weeks, which means he still has not been able to get his 6 month shots. And, because the first 2 rounds of antibiotics did not work, he had to get 3 shots in a row of an antibiotic. Hence, the 3 visits to the doctor office in a span of 4 days. Poor little guy was/is such a trooper and we are hoping that he is finally clear now.

We went on a visit to Bristol & did a festive activity of tube sliding on this frozen hill. It really was such a fun idea & we in true hoarding form are already planning to make this a yearly tradition.

They really are hilarious. SO thankful for cousins.

These 2, also. I bought these outfits on clearance last year assuming that Reese would need a 12 month and Max would need a 9 months and I never would have guessed that I should have switched the 2 sizes!

Our Elf (Engineer) made an appearance with new jammies for everyone. 

Again with the out of order thing...After the tube slide, we went on a 4 hour adventure of driving through a light show. The kids fell asleep while we were waiting and missed the show and we learned to never go on the weekend of Thanksgiving in the future.  The only positive of being stuck in a light show for that long was to experience the joy that was watching Nicole relish in the Auburn victory. It really was all that got us through the experience.

SO thankful for such a wonderful week and all of the people in it!

 These are not from Thanksgiving, but I just got them from Amanda. How perfect are these cousins? And, how are my nephews so old? When did they become adults?  I love them.

They even posed with pajamas for us because they are wonderful.

Check out Nicole's post with the most adorable pictures ever.