Thanksgiving Recap

Everyone was home for Thanksgiving this year and it was great. I was off Thursday and Friday so I got to enjoy some time with my family. Other than Dax having the stomach virus (yuck!!!) we had a great Thanksgiving. It is a special time of year that helps remind us of our many blessings. We have so much to be thankful for. The Lord is so gracious and showers us daily with blessings that we don't deserve. In Mission Friends last Wednesday I had the children (4 year olds) go around and tell me something they were thankful for. It is so sweet to hear their heartfelt comments. You would expect the "Sunday school" answer that I get for every question I ask but this time they were honest. I try hard to instill the Word in to them every Wednesday and I pray that if they happen not to hear it at home that they will hear it at Church. We began Thanksgiving at the Pugh's (minus Dax) on Wednesday night for a delicious meal. The dressing was amazing (I will only eat Mrs. Kathy's - I should probably get her to teach me how to make it!) We then went to Granny's for lunch on Thursday (minus Dax). It was a great lunch and great fellowship. We missed Granddaddy but all agreed that he was sitting in the best place (looking down on us and thanking God that he didn't have to help get ALL of Granny's Christmas decorations out) For those that have seen Granny's at Christmas you know it is beautiful but excessive! There is a whole little storage shed in her backyard strictly for Christmas! Granny is great at decorating. Dax managed to make it to his parent's Thursday night to see Mrs. Kathy's brother, Larry. Friday, Dax spent the afternoon painting the house while I was at Mom and Dad's with the boys. Saturday, Dax painted all day...while we watched Bama beat down the Tigers! ROLL TIDE ROLL! Funny story...Dax wanted Cole to say War Eagle that morning and Cole said no...I responded with Roll Tide and Cole repeated. My family has already gotten to him. :) Sunday was Owen's baby dedication at Church. It was so special to have everyone there (minus Pop, he was a little under the weather too). I managed to take some photos for Christmas cards...a little hard to get a four month old and a 2 year old to cooperate at the same time but we got some good ones. These are three little monkeys in the bath one night. With 6 grandchildren we tried to double up on bath time. Graham and Addison belong to Hope and Cole is mine in the back.

Cole smiling big for Aunt Joy and Owen wondering what in the world is going on!

Owen is such a good baby. At four months he is laughing and talking all the time. He has rolled over, although I haven't seen it and has found his thumb! Dax and I were both thumb suckers so we were extremely surprised when Cole didn't suck his. I don't know if Owen will be a consistent thumb sucker or not because he still loves his "pappy."

This is so cheesy of Cole because it looks like he was posing but really he just wasn't paying me any attention...which is what he does most of the time.