Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!! We had a great day! We all went up to Plano to have dinner with my extended family. I, of course, forgot our camera. I was too focused on not forgetting Brynley's baby potty, because that's all she'll go in without a huge, dramatic, "scar her for life" ordeal. It was lots of fun to catch up with my cousins and Aunts and meet some of my Uncle Mike's family. Mariska and Brynley were able to play with my cousin Garrette's 8 year old daughter Gracyn. Mariska was her 2nd shadow, but Brynley was pretty glued to their pool table.
After dinner we drove down to the DFW National Cemetary and visited my Grandpa Jack's grave. He was truly missed this Thanksgiving.
Once we were home we talked to both our parents and the girls enjoyed a special treat.... SKYPE with the Rasmussen family! We should all start to do this. The girls loved actually seeing their cousins. It was lots of fun for all of us.

Today, we got down our decorations and watched Christmas movies all day. The best one ever is, of course, The Muppets' Christmas Carol. We also watched the claymation Rudolf The Rednosed Reindeer, Elf and a Barney Christmas special.

This year we have a new Christmas tree!! We went from our old 4 footer to a 7 footer and it's lots more fun. The girls loved decorating it and seeing all of their yearly ornaments, especially the "Baby's First Christmas" ones we have with their baby pictures in them.

Brent also made his lengendary apple pie...

Brent also had lots of fun smoking a turkey!!! It was fabulous!! When you smoke a turkey, you don't eat the skin... but the meat is soft and juicy. It was heavenly.

Now we're all gearing up for Christmas! Happy Holidays!!