Family Time for Thanksgiving...Wonderful!

Dustin and K.J. celebrating with TOM

What a wonderful four days we've had with our family! Dustin's dad, stepmom, brother, gran, and grandaddy came from Georgia to celebrate Thanksgiving with us in our little house! It may have been a tight squeeze, but it was sure sweet squeezing in all together! We had good hang out time, delicious food, and many hugs! Here are a few pictures of our fun time together. 

Daniel hanging with Fat Bax!

On Tuesday night when the family arrived around 10pm it was raining!! Unfortunately, as everyone was bringing in suitcases and bags, our fat kitty Baxter decided to try to escape. In ninja-like fashion, Dustin sprinted for the door to stop him....Gran and I were in the kitchen and heard a large boom after a cry of, "No Baxter! No!!!" I ran into the living room to find...my strong man sprawled out on the floor! As he was running, he slipped on a large slick spot, feet flew out from under him, and he landed straight on his back with enough force to smack his head on the floor causing pretty good whiplash.  The first couple days he was in a lot of pain! But, the kinks soon worked themselves out!

Gran hanging in the Living Room

Baby Kitty, Libby, won the hearts of all!

 Since it was so cold, the boys went in the yard and chopped a ton of wood! "Little" bro, Daniel showed off his strong muscles as he "hiya...kamachuwa" the wood!!

Meanwhile, inside Grandaddy was busy fixing our terrible little table that bends every time you put weight on it! (Dustin has promised to build me my dream table from his family's walnut wood for three years...maybe this Christmas??)

 Gran, as beautiful as always, cooking away in the kitchen serving all of us with yummy meals! Maybe one day she'll let us serve her! Thanks, Gran! (However, we did weight ourselves once the fam left...we put on FIVE pounds! WOW).

 Cozy and snuggly, Dad and Ta Ta hanging out on the couch. Quite a few times, Baxter crawled up on Dad's lap to snuggle. So much for Dad and Grandaddy not being cat people...I think they fell in love!

 Yes, you too Grandaddy...you can deny it, but we know you love all of our furry kids!

Dan the Man! College man now...all grown up (well, almost!) Handsome as can be!

We had to bring in more chairs since we packed out the Living Room! "Dustin, can I join you on the flimsy camping chair?"

Tom the Turkey!

 Dustin, carving my delicious turkey I made...if I do say so myself. We had lots to eat and plenty of leftovers to eat turkey sandwiches, dinner, and homemade turkey bone marrow broth soup! That's what's cooking now!

The Family...

All the cups of the family!! We loved every minute. Only thing we would have loved even more was if every person in our family could have been present...wish there were many more cups up there so we could ALL be together (although you would have had to stay in the shed...no more room in the house!). 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! LOVE YOU!