Thanksgiving with The Black’s

 On the way home we spent the night at Tom & Micaela's house and shared a third Thanksgiving meal with them and their family.  They smoked a bunch of mouth watering meats and Tom made the best baked potato salad I've ever had!! 

Micaela always has fun gift bags for the kids to enjoy every time we see them.  This time she included some silly string!!  Hudson had never seen silly string before!  He and Evan had lots of fun spraying each other!!

Here is beautiful Chayse in her pretty bathing suit!  We got to meet Ms. Karsyn for the 1st time!!  Chayse is very snuggly and Jason loved all of her hugs!  Unfortunately, London was very sick so I spent most of my time doctoring her and didn't really get to visit much.

The kids got to make yummy s'mores for everyone in the outdoor fireplace!  They were soooo good!!

The kids kept asking me to take their picture as they made different silly faces:

After s'mores, the kids got to play in the bath tub and get their jammies on.  Then it was time to watch Prep & Landing!!!

They all started out with a slumber party in Chayse's room but Hudson chickened out and asked to come sleep with us.  I'm sure Evan & Chayse were happy in the long run since Hudson snores like nobody's business.  (He will be visiting the ENT soon to see if we can fix that problem.  His future wife will thank us.)

We always enjoy spending time with Tom, Micaela, and family.  Thank you for having us over and for helping us out with our sick baby!!  Love you guys!!

Thanksgiving with Papa & Gigi

 We celebrated Thanksgiving with my parents the day after Thanksgiving.  As always, my Mom made an amazing meal!  We had a great time playing and visiting.  Hudson loved playing with their dogs and was excited to feed them and give them treats.


Jason really wanted to show Hudson around Heavener so we took him up to hike around the Runestone.  I can't even remember the last time I was up there.  I forgot just how beautiful the view is.  I don't know if I've ever really taken the time to look at the Runes and read about them until this trip so I'm really glad we went.  We had a lot of fun!



Here are some pictures of Viking Runes found in surrounding areas.  The picture of the big Runes are the ones found here on the Runestone Mountain (Although my picture didn't turn out so great).


Here are Jason and Hudson looking for the waterfall that is usually here.  Unfortunately it was just a couple drips of water this day.


Sitting on the cliffs and taking in the view:


Having fun on the playground!!

Then back home to warm up and hang out with Papa and Gigi!!


Thank you to my parents for the wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are very thankful to have such incredible family and friends.  We are truly blessed!

Thanksgiving with the Holladay’s (actually The Collins')

 We headed home to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving this year.  We arrived at my parents' house the night before Thanksgiving.  Hudson couldn't have been more ready to get there when we did.  He was so incredibly tired of sitting for so long.  One of the best inventions ever is the travel DVD player!  I don't know how parents traveled long distances back in the day.  London did pretty well on the trip too! 

We spent Thanksgiving day with Jason's side of the family.  We went over to Eva's house where she and Sherri, along with the additions everyone else brought, made a fantastic meal.  Thank you ladies!! 

Hudson was very stand off-ish when we got there because he didn't know anyone.  He kept burying his head in my lap or sat in the corner to hide.  Plus we had to wake him up from his nap to go over there and that is never a good thing for him.  But thank goodness for Tristen's awesome girlfriend!  She is fantastic with kids!  She sat down next to Hudson and began playing with his toys with him.  Before we knew it, he had a new best friend and he was his wild self.
 

We found out that Josh and his wife had just had a beautiful baby girl 4 days before Thanksgiving.  I just realized I didn't get Sherri in any of these pictures...boo!


Unfortunately, Jason's Dad was not feeling well and didn't make the trip down so we didn't get to see him.  It was great seeing everyone and catching up though!  Love you all!