Thanksgiving Re-cap

My mother cooked Thanksgiving dinner as usual. So about 2pm, we all met at my brother's house to eat. My mom lives with him. Well, she's an over the road semi truck driver so she's rarely home anyway. But when she is, she has a room at my brother's house. So that's where the whole gang gathered. Except for my brother's girlfriend who had to work. Bummer for her.

I didn't take many pics but at least managed to get one of each kid. My brother is a master gamer. So our nephews think he's the coolest uncle ever since he seems to always have the latest thing. Tanner was entranced playing Gu-itar He-ro.

Braeden had just woken up from his nap and was snuggling with Big Travis. Since his mom had to work, he stuck close to Travis most of the night. It wasn't until late evening that he started to warm up to the rest of us. But he liked playing with the kids for the most part. Although they all seem to have trouble with the whole sharing toys concept.

Tatum enjoying her red pop as you can see by the red mustache. She spent the night with her grandma the night before to help make pies and cookies. My mom said this is a new tradition she wanted to start with her grandaughters and that Mia will come too when she's old enough. Tatum may be off to college by then. LOL! Tatum slept in bed with grandma. When I got there I asked if she enjoyed spending the night all by herself (cuz individual time is always a rare treat). She said she did and excitedly reported "I didn't even kick Grandma." Apparently, she's a sleep thrasher but it just sounded really funny when she said it.

Teagan playing with toys before dinner was ready.
After stuffing ourselves with way too much food, we retired upstairs to mom's bedroom to check out her new Wii* games. I'd never played before but heard that it's pretty sweet. Lil' Travis showed me how to golf but I didn't like it. I was much better at bowling. Before long, the whole family ended up stuffed into the bedroom watching and playing. That was fun.

It was a very nice, relaxing day. The food was great. I even brought home some leftovers. Yesterday, I slept late and then spent the whole day in my jammies watching TV, taking naps and playing on the computer. There was no way I was going out shopping in all the craziness. It was heavenly. I'm enjoying these lazy days pre-baby while I can. Today I'm dragging all the Christmas stuff up from the basement and starting the decorating. This is one of those few days I wish I had a husband..... to make him do the heavy lifting. LOL! Right now, I'm not really feeling it. But maybe I'll turn on some Christmas music to get me in the mood. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving, too.