Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving we had the special opportunity to have my brother Tyler, his wife Elise, and their cute little kiddos (Kenzie, Brooklyn, and Josh) to come from Indiana to our home here in Mississippi! It was so much fun to be with them. The kids just had a blast, and it was fun to catch up with Ty and Elise. We had tons of fun too! Elise and I went to Wal-Mart on Thanksgiving night to get some deals, but mostly just to experience the craziness! We went to a park, bowling, played games, and watched movies. What a blast. Jake just loved hangin' out with his cousins, and Austin LOVED the attention from those kids! (He's missin' those cute girlies!) Thanks you guys for driving (we know it's a long drive) to spend Thanksgiving with us. We were so sad when you left. Come back any time (or next Thanksgiving)! We love you and miss you already!

I love how Austin is taking this opportunity to pull Brooklyn's hair, since she is distracted by the camera!

Eating hot dogs and pretzels at the park.


CHEESE!

The kiddos watching a movie. (I love all of their faces; priceless).

Just the boys! (Coloring some Turkeys).

Bowling. (Poor Jake woke up that day with a fever, so he was a little cranky).

Kenzie offering some lovin'.


Those girls just loved Gary. He would "read" them stories and make up names for the characters. Brooklyn loved it, but it made Kenzie mad, because he was reading it wrong!


We had to show off our HUGE swing. Everyone that sees it thinks it is amazing (because it is)! I wish I had a swing that big when I was little.

Playing in the leaves. We have tons we need to clean up, but why clean up when it's so fun to play in them right?!

Brooklyn took a turn on the swing. It was so funny. She would start crying because it was making her nervous, but Tyler was on the other end pulling funny faces and then she would crack up! What a funny little girl!