Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season!

Brandon and I took an overnight flight so we came home in the morning after the girls were already in school. Carter was the first to see us back and he was pretty excited and didn't want to let me out of his sight! He did great for Mama Judy while we were gone though and they shared some special moments. Lily was excited to see me pick her up from school that day! The next day we took the kids to Lily's school to drop off her Operation Christmas Child shoebox of gifts and watch Charlie Brown's Christmas. Then we met Brandon at the hospital for the PIM Thanksgiving potluck. I brought rolls and upside down apple pie which is always a favorite! We were a little late because of the other event, so a lot of food was already gone, but there was still plenty for us. I think Carter ate a whole cantaloupe worth of cut fruit!

The following week, Brielle had the whole Thanksgiving week off from school! Lily still had a couple days, so on Tuesday when we went to Chocolate World, she wasn't with us.

We also went to see the holiday train display...there were tons of buttons to push to make things light up or move in the train scene. There was also regular toy tracks to play with.

We took the kids to the Hershey Story to make ornaments out of chocolate clay, and then we tried the different liquid chocolates that are made from cocoa beans grown from different areas around the world. There were some really tasty ones, and they were all unique!

Carter couldn't stand still for the photo op :)

Thanksgiving day I forgot to take photos...oops. But we had a lovely Turkey lunch that was successful because of Mama Judy! We are so thankful for her and glad she could join us for the holiday! The next morning we did a little Black Friday shopping and got donuts and cleaned the house. We thought my cousin Jared and his family would get to visit for a day on their way home from visiting family in New Jersey, but they ended up being sick so they didn't stop after all. Mama Judy left Saturday and everyone was sad to see her go! What a great Thanksgiving!