#331 - Photos of the Addingtons!

We had such a great time when Vicki, Trent, & Aidan stayed with us last weekend! We can't wait for them to come back and see us again! She had asked me to take some pictures for them for Christmas, so we ventured out Friday to snap a few. :)

Aidan might have been bribed with a giant sucker that they got at Cracker Barrel for all of these great cheeses he was giving us!

Isn't he just darling?! We got to get lots of love from this sweet boy!Love his face in this one!Precious little family! My all time favorite! I called this my money shot of the day. :)

And here is his reward! "Cheese for a sucker!" was what he said during almost every picture and it paid off!

So happy for Vicki and the path that God has her on. Their little family have a heart for God and I just know that He has great plans for them. We miss them so much, so don't be surprised if we make a trip to Atlanta in the near future. :)

I'm also happy that they started a blog!!! Here is the link:
http://trentaddingtonfamily.blogspot.com/

Hebrews 1:1-2
"In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe."

#326 - #330 - Scenes from Our Thanksgiving

After this post I've got some stuff tomorrow night I'll catch up on :) Seems that all I've been doing is playing catch up!

But for my memory sakes I'm gonna list them (in no particular order) so I won't forget:

1. Vicki, Trent, & Aidan's photo session :)

2. Anna's sewing projects

3. Decorating for Christmas

Now for our Thanksgiving scenes!

Uncle Brian and Miss Bella. :)
Aunt Trish and the girls The girls kept Bella entertained while we were at Nana's house! Or I should say - Bella kept all the girls occupied!

Daddy and Holly

The plethora of desserts!

Bella's favorite game of hide in the closet!

Vicki, Trent, & Aidan came up on Thursday night and stayed with us the weekend! We had a great time and I cooked our Thanksgiving meal on Saturday. I also took their pictures on Friday. More to come of those pics!

I didn't get any other pics of the food other than these of my pecan pie and.....

Apple pie. Recipes courtesy of The Pioneer Woman!

Psalm 100:4-5
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations."

#325 - Thanksgiving Blessings

We've had a great Thanksgiving weekend! I have lots of pics to post, but for now I'll just post one of Vicki, Trent, & Aidan! They stayed with us for a few days and we enjoyed their visit very much! I'm editing pics that I took of them right now :) And Brian and I finally upgraded to iPhones, so this will be my first post using it!

Thanksgiving Week

Our Thanksgiving week started out with Brian making us waffles last Saturday morning! He's getting pretty good at making them. Sissy spent the night with us Friday night and she got to enjoy them too!

Holly doesn't like them at all. :o)

Sunday afternoon we took Pam, Amber, & Bella to the airport. They headed to Florida for the week to visit Aunt Pat (Pam's sister) and enjoy some sunshine!

Sunday night we had a baptism service and this has to be one of my favorite pics of Bro. Kenny! He is a wonderful pastor and we are truly thankful for him.

This year Brian was scheduled to work on Thanksgiving so we decided we'd eat at our house on Tuesday. Even though we go to different family's homes we've always wanted to have our own meal at home too. I started cooking on Monday afternoon after our homeschool co-op and didn't finish until Tuesday afternoon. Not really. But I did enjoy fixing all the fixins' for our family. We were blessed to have Don Pinson come and eat with us. His wife and daughter were celebrating in Plymouth with Joel, so we invited him over.

These following pics are strictly so I'll have documentation of what I actually fixed. So next year I can look back and compare.

d. Eggs (I dislike their "other" name)

Cranberry Salad (new recipe that was awesome!)

Banana Pudding

I didn't get a picture of all the food before we ate on Tuesday, so I snapped this one before we ate the leftovers on Wednesday! :)

We had turkey, cornbread dressing (my Mama's version:), mashed potatoes, gravy, baby carrots, corn, green beans, d. eggs, cranberry salad, sweet potato casserole, mac-n-cheese, pecan & apple pies (homemade!), and rolls. Lots of work, but it was yummy!

Tonight (Thanksgiving Day) we went to Dad's house to eat. I caught all the kids in Dad's garage playing on the treadmill and made them do a line up!

Here is Dad with Chris (his girlfriend's son), Anna, Baby Katherine Reese (Mikey's baby), Madison (Mikey's oldest daughter), Lauren (Mikey's middle daugher), & Holly.

We were sure missing our family from Texas and Arkansas. :(

Here is Dad with the newest addition. Miss Katherine is so precious!

Hope you all had a wonderful week full of thankfullness!