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The Bunch Celebrate Thanksgiving 🦃

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful week we have had! Overall, things moved at a slower pace around here. We took time to go visit family and just to enjoy Thanksgiving day. On one of the days A had off before Thanksgiving, we took the time to venture out to my in laws to not only enjoy a Thanksgiving meal, but to visit with them and our Aunt we don't get to see very much of. We had a really nice visit and greatly enjoyed our lunch. My father in law had smoked a turkey all day the day before and it was the best turkey we ever had! In fact, A doesn't even really like turkey, but she ate it plain and went back for seconds! It was a good day.

My loving husband ❤️ 

The kids with Pop Pop. T is such a giant!

Gigi and her sister getting our yummy lunch ready.

The little calf in the middle was born on my birthday and I named it Meatloaf. She is so cute!

Last year I basically cooked our entire Thanksgiving dinner the day before so I could watch the parade with A. She really enjoys the parade and appreciates someone watching it with her. I spent all day Wednesday preparing everything, but the macaroni and cheese (a staple for the kids) and the green beans, which are better fresh. A and I got up extra early so we could workout and take care of the animals before the parade started at 7:30 am. Note to self.....the ACTUAL start of the parade was about 8:20 am so there's no rush next year! T even watched about an hour and a half of the parade with us before he got bored and wandered off to do something else. A was a little disappointed that there were only three Broadway shows included this year and she didn't really care about seeing any of them. Per tradition, we immediately followed the parade with the dog show, and then the Cowboys game. I literally didn't move off the couch all day, except to feed and take care of animals. It was great! I hate sitting still normally, but it was nice to enjoy just relaxing with the kids and not worrying about what I need to be doing. I would hate to do it every week, but every now and then might be nice.

We had a great Thanksgiving.🥰

This year T decided not to make his Christmas gingerbread house cookies.😂

I can't believe Christmas is coming in just a few weeks! It feels like we just celebrated Christmas. This year should be a little more normal now that C has his pacemaker and is feeling a lot better. We like to go have dinner with him and H and go look at lights sometime in December so we are looking forward to that. T has about a week of school left before we start Christmas break and then it's all cookies, movies, and holiday fun!

 

Guess who turned 2 on November 21? I can't believe it's been 2 years....it feels longer.

A decorated with banners and hats
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Noelle got dressed up to celebrate in her bow.

Maisy wasn't sure what she was doing, but she was willing to play along.

MiMi loves whip cream so she had a coconut cake with whip cream....ok the cake was mostly for us and it was yummy!!

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