We drove up to Missouri to spend time with my husband's family. We first stopped at his Aunt's house and visited with his grandma and two of his aunts.
Sitting with Aunt Winnie
Wearing Daddy's hat with Great Grandma
Emma enjoying a water bottle with Aunt Jane and Keith
Charlotte loved this baby doll Aunt Jane gave them. She also enjoyed Mr. Don's company.
Sitting with Great Grandma.
After leaving his Aunt's house, we headed to my husband's sister's house. I was so glad that we were able to spend a couple of days there, including the actual thanksgiving day. Emma and Charlotte had such fun playing with their cousins. I am lucky enough to have great relationships with my cousins, and I really want that for my children as well. On Thursday John's parents came in the morning and spent the day playing with the four girls. It was wonderful because then I was able to help with the food preparation. It was really enjoyable to spend time with my sister in law in the kitchen. The meal was an incredible feast and there is just something so special about sitting around a table with family that you love. Emma and Charlotte even got to have some of the turkey, potatoes and sweet potatoes blended in the food processor. It was a hit. Friday John and I left the girls in the capable hands of his sister's family and we headed out to do some black Friday shopping. Again, such a treat to have a little bit of time for just the two of us. We were able to get some great deals too. A good friend of my came to visit that afternoon (more about that in an upcoming post) and then later that afternoon we all packed up and went to the mall to visit Santa. I didn't know how Charlotte and Emma would react, but they did great. We were able to get a good picture and it was fun to see them doing something that I remember really enjoying as a child. Saturday John woke up with a fever, so he spent the day in bed and I loaded the girls up in the car and went and visited another friend (more on this in an upcoming post). Thankful John was feeling better by that evening. We packed everything up and left early Sunday morning. Overall we had a really special time over the holiday.
Cousins!
Madeline was so sweet with the girls and wanted to help with them and hold them all the time. It was funny though because when she would hold one of them they looked like giant babies.
Emma and Elizabeth playing
This horse was a hit!
Cousins having fun together. I love this picture.
Emma taking a ride.
The beautiful Thanksgiving table.
Here I was, thoroughly enjoying helping to prep the meal.
The whole group. So thankful for this family.
Uncle bud watching Charlie Brown with his nieces.
Having a tea party.
Look at how well they were sitting at this table.
Such wonderful photos! This is definitely like a scrap book entry since you have captioned and explained the trip so well! I really like the Giant Baby photo! :)
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