We celebrated Thanksgiving with all of my side of the family. My two brothers and their families and my parents. We met in Hot Springs, AR which was only about 7 hours for us. Seriously, I don’t know how we use to drive to Pampa in a station wagon for 12 hours without a DVD player. And I am thankful that we don’t have to do that, but at the same time waving your hand in front of the screen to get their attention to show them something like the MISSISSIPPI RIVER is sad. Especially when they don’t even look up. Ethan and I watched flock after flock of geese cross the road in amazing formations as they were glued to Beauty and the Beast. I am not proud of it, but…. uh, I am not willing to change it either!

We arrived Wednesday afternoon and once all the cousins arrived, I think I saw Alyssa at meal times and bedtime. They had such a great time. Blakely is the only other girl and she is 9. So the 4 boys pretty much stuck together and the girls did their own thing. Braden, 13, and Audrey seemed to be the ones hanging with the adults the most. The house had a game room and space for the kids to be crazy and 2 sets of bunk beds with a projection TV to watch late night movies. While the adults were upstairs, drinking “hot cocoa”, playing games and losing our temper to puzzles. It was awesome. It had been 2 years since we had all been together like that and it was worth it. I love my family and I love my sister-in-laws. We cooked, we shopped, we laughed and we made memories. More