We enjoyed a pre-thanksgiving feast with my parents and sister a couple days before Turkey Day and then drove to have a second helping with Stephen's parents in College Station.
It was special because ALL of Stephen's siblings were able to be there including Sarah home from BYU-Provo and Joseph who came from Boston.
FUNNY STORY TO LAUGH AT: We took the opportunity to take a family photo with everyone. Mom McKneely had this idea of us all dressing in black with Santa hats and so we had planned to take this photo on Wednesday late afternoon. I had spent a lot of time (and some money) gathering appropriate clothing for our family--dressing nice in black wasn't just in the wardrobe already and so new items were purchased. A couple of hours before the photo appointment I was digging around in our van and didn't notice the pile of black hanging clothes intended for the photo. When I asked Stephen about it, he got a really worried look on his face and admitted that he'd forgotten to grab them and that our clothes were still at home in Dallas in the dining room. I made sure he wasn't just kidding me, he wasn't, and grabbed my keys, my wallet, and some moral supporters and hit the stores buying another batch of all black clothing for the photo shoot. A couple good things came from the shopping trip though, a darling black dress for Lindsey that she LOVED, and a really cute SANTA SUIT for the big man to wear (which Stephen HATES because it takes a shot at his manhood--but enough women in the family had my back and he wore it anyway!!) Here are some of the shots from the photo shoot:
Some other highlights of the weekend was spending time with Rachel's fiance--the soon to be Uncle Kodie (who Lindsey has especially bonded with):
Attempting this human boomerang game (didn't go over like we thought it would):
kids playing in the leaves:
having smores outside in the fire pit:
and at the Thanksgiving table when Lindsey was asked what Stephen was thankful for she replied, "Naps!"--too true "maddie" too true!!
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