Sweet Thanksgiving days!

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! With all the delicious fall foods to eat, savory smells drifting throughout the house, and lots of laughter, smiles, and family and friends to share good memories and special times with! This year we so enjoyed having all of Will's family, and yes the newest member, baby Trett (Curtis and Angie's baby boy!) my mom, Tony & Martha and boys, and Ben & Mindy and Finley! It was a house full of heaping bowls of food, lots of little feet scampering about, and special friends and family to share with! We loved every minute of it!

Together Life is Sweeter!

We were so happy to get in some good family pictures! So wonderful to all be together! And it seems as the older you get, and the more your family grows, the harder it is to get all together, so those times when you do are extra special!

 

 

 

 

  

Thanksgiving fun!

We were all SO excited to meet Curtis & Angie's baby, Trett for the first time!! He is such a sweet and happy baby boy! Just cannot get enough of him!! (3 months old here)

Auntie Angie was SO excited to meet baby Aubry for the first time!! (5 1/2 months old here) 

It was so special to have Grandma here for Thanksgiving this year!!

Papa getting morning snuggles in! Snuggles are the best!

Lily was in baby heaven! She absolutely adores babies!! She was kind of confused about Trett, so she just kept calling him Aubry, but he didn't seem to mind! ;D

We were so happy to have cute Finley and Ben & Mindy join us too!

Serious business going on! ;D Mapping our Black Friday shopping plan out! Which by the way was fabulous, even at 3:30 am!! Cannot wait until next year!

So many cuties to snuggle and love!

Chet absolutely loves babies also and is so good with them! It is so sweet to see! He was quite hard to convince that he should share Trett with you! They were quite content to snuggle, play, and whisper to each other...

Trett was quite the star of the show!

Lily loved Grandma!

Love Reid's cheese!

Nana brought up a pinata for all the kiddos! Needless to say, they loved it!

Mindy with Finley and Lily!

Lily loved sporting her new shades she got from the pinata!

In eager anticipation!

Cars, Cars, Cars!

Will had to head over to Vegas for business the first part of November and invited me to come along too! It was so special to spend time with just us!! I loved to be able to sleep in! (*sigh!) And have no responsibilities for a little while.  Even though, I was done with all of that after day 2 of being gone, but the kids were having a fun time with Papa and Nana so we knew they were in good hands! There were 2 shows that we went to...the SEMA car show and the APPEX.  We surely got our walking exercise in!  It was fun seeing a whole bunch of cool cars and it was neat to be able to share the pictures and videos with the kids! (iphones are great!)
 

drool...drool! My next future car I hope! The 4 door Phorshe!

 

We also enjoyed doing some fun things when we weren't in business mode! We ate at the top of the Stratosphere...800 feet high! The food was amazing!!

 

We went all over the world inside the various casinos! Rome was beautiful!

 

New York was thrilling!

 

Paris was beautiful! What a fun trip!

Special days in CA!

Before Will and I went to Vegas we made a detour to the Bay Area to go to a wedding and spend special time with my mom! We took my mom  down to Carmel one afternoon to dine at Mission Ranch. (Clint Eastwood's restaurant and ranch) Will and I came here on our honeymoon 11 years ago! We've always wanted to came back to Mission Ranch, so it was extra special to be able to and also to share it with mom!

 

 

Beautiful and so serene!

 

Wedding bells are ringing!

The wedding we came down to the Bay Area for was for my friend Jenny.  Jenny and I have been friends since middle school days and all through high school so it was extra special to share their wedding day with them!