Thankful for Fun, Food, and Family

We started off our holidays last week by cooking and packing on Wednesday. Chris tried making rolls-Parker house rolls. Despite Jessica’s skepticism, they turned out great! We like love bread. We also picked up Jessica’s Aunt Debbie and Uncle Robert from the airport. They flew in from Florida, and it was nice to see them. This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with Jessica’s family. Not everyone was able to make it, but it was good to see those we could.

All of the food was awesome! We totally stuffed ourselves and weren’t one bit sorry. Jessica is still raving about her cousin’s baked mac-and-cheese. Yum! We had all the classic fixings: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing…we could go on, but our mouths are watering. No food pictures! We ate it too fast! 🙂

A lot of family birthdays are in November, so we inevitably end up celebrating some on Thanksgiving. This year we had an early birthday party for our Cousin S’s 3rd birthday. He likes Batman (who doesn’t?!?), so his theme was, of course, Batman. He’s such a goofball. Look at those eyes. That bowtie. Precious!

We’ve pulled from the traditions we had as kids and started making a few traditions for ourselves. We like to put the tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving while playing Christmas music or watching a Christmas themed movie. This year we picked Home Alone. How does that movie never get old? Our decorations are pretty eclectic. Take our ornaments for instance. We still hang up crafty ones from our childhood as well as fancier glass ornaments. We like it; it’s us! As you can see from the photo below, Chris decided to take the wackiness one step further. We both left it like that, so I guess it’ll stay that way this year.

We can’t wait to share more about our family and our traditions in the weeks to come. We’d love to hear from you! What family traditions do you have? If you could start a new tradition, what would it be?