Happy Thanksgiving!

Today was quite the non-traditional holiday. In fact there was no big meal, no turkey to speak of, zero pumpkin pie, and yet it managed to be one of the best Thanksgivings we've had! You see, due to general scheduling dilemmas, we will be celebrating the traditional trimmings of this food-centered holiday tomorrow with Greg's family. While we are definitely looking forward to it, it means that today was OUR day. Our day to take morning naps while the kids were napping. Our day to choose whether or not to shower (we chose not to). My day to take a long hot bath. And our day to have a fun-filled day with our new family of four.

Here is Lauren's Happy Thanksgiving pumpkin outfit. I just love having a girl to dress up! You can't tell, but her socks have pumpkins on them too.



So after our morning naps, I fixed a couple of sandwiches, we all got bundled up, made a thermos of hot chocolate, and headed to the park. It was a very cold 44 degrees today! Finally some cold weather in November in Texas!

Observe Lauren the snow bunny. She's only a month old, so I wanted to make sure she wouldn't so much as feel a slight breeze on our cold weather adventure!

Daddy and Noah. Otherwise known as the two men in my life.

Mommy and Noah.


When we got back from the park, Noah took a second nap while Greg and I got to sit down in peace and watch the Cowboys beat the Jets whilst sitting in front of the fireplace and eating one of the best cold-day meals around: Chili and beer. Added bonus that I served it in sourdough breadbowls I had picked up from Panera Bread Co.!


Hope your day was this good and that you found much to thank the Lord for. I'm personally thankful that we still get to look forward to all that food tomorrow...