Thanksgiving recap

So, we had a VERY busy Thanksgiving holiday.  Thursday, we had Thanksgiving dinner with my family.  Of course there was plenty of yummy food & everybody just sort of hung out & enjoyed each other's company.  We hadn't had a holiday at our house for well over a year, so I was excited, but as always, there's sooo much to do.  With 3 kids, our house doesn't stay clean for long.  Thankfully I didn't have to make anything for our dinner, so that released some of the stress.  Later in the day, all the girls went up to Lydia's room to watch her play.  Just observing her business brought us all some good laughs.  She's also been babbling alot lately {okay, sounds a little like she's Vietnemese}.  The pictures above are of her messy bed that she threw many things in & playing with uncle Bob with her dolly.  

On Saturday, we had Dan's family over for lunch.... this one was a little more stressful for me.  I did the turkey, which I've never done before & I was freaking out a little about the whole thing.  Not only did my turkey get done over an hour before I expected, our guests were about an hour later than I expected as well.  In the end, everything was delicious & I felt pretty good about how the whole thing went.  Maybe next time I will be more relaxed?  We had a great time as well, getting to see family members we don't get to see nearly enough.  We even got to see our niece Ashlyn, who we hadn't seen since she got home from the hospital.