Thanksgiving

We had a nice, low key Thanksgiving this year.  My cousin Pat drove over from Houston and hung out with us for the day.  Nick had a special duty assignment that took him to work in the morning, but he was back with us by 0900. 

I tried explaining to Brenna the idea behind Thanksgiving the night before.  I think some of it stuck with her because she woke up saying 'I'm thankful for salad...' which she actually hates.  I thought it was pretty funny though.

Jace wasn't really in the mood to play Indians.  Poor kid had his 15 month shots a few days prior, caught a cold from me and (as I found out yesterday) grew 2 molars.  

 Thankfully Daddy was home in time to make the feast of ham, turkey, stuffing, AMAZING mashed potatoes and green bean casserole.  Jace vigilantly watched the biscuits bake.

 We did get to watch the Lions play.  Jace is really into pointing at things and babbling excitedly.  Brenna loves to cheer for the football players and toss a football around.

Brenna was pretty taken with Pat, after a bit of a rough start and just kept telling him how she 'loves his eyes' of course he wasn't allowed to sit by her, though.... Jace warmed up to him, too.  Even allowed him to carry him a few times.  

We went to Denny's for breakfast the morning after and the kids ate absolutely everything we put in front of them.  Nothing follows up a good meal like another good meal :)

We can't wait to be able to spend the holidays with all our families again!