Thanksgiving this year was marvelous; we spent it at Greg and Leslie's house with them, Kristi, Jake, Kinzi, Whitney, and Parker, Adam's cousin Dean, and Grandpa Smith and Grandma Lorna. While a huge family gathering with everyone present is always a party, it was nice to have a small group. Since there were only six little kids present, the chaos was notably reduced which made a nice, relaxing afternoon.
The food was spectacular as usual: Leslie's excellent turkey breast AND cinnamon-glazed ham, sweet potato casserole complete with broiled marshmallows, potatoes and gravy, green been casserole, corn casserole with tons of cheese on top, fresh cranberry sauce, stuffing, cran-grape salad, 12-layer jello, Lorna's rolls with three different varieties of homemade jam. For dessert, we had pumpkin pie and lemon-cheese pie--two of my very favorites. I ate and ate and ate, and definitely had a food hangover afterward. Aah...I love Thanksgiving!
My favorite part of the holiday was the cute shirts I made for my kids. I used some recycled men's V-necks for Amber and Karli's (she insisted on a tank top, the crazy kid) and two hand-me-down ready made shirts for the boys. The letters are all scraps of old t-shirts appliqued with brown thread, and "adorable" on both girls' shirts was spelled out in rhinestones. They were darling!
Rex and Whitney had a blast together.
Karli did lots of puzzles while waiting for dinner.
Parker taught Case how to be even more trouble than he already is.
Case was thrilled by every bite of food; he'd squeal and laugh every time the fork approached his mouth.
Thankful to be adorable.
I also made Karli's headband out of old t-shirt scraps; those roses are my new favorite item to craft.
Thankful to be awesome.
Little turkey.
I'm thankful for these cuties!
2 comments:
You are awesome, I love the shirts!
I must know how to do those roses! We are obsessed with hair things here. Great job of the shirts too, as much as I envy your sewing skills, I am just not willing to go there.
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