Thanksgiving pics

I want to start off by saying that we had a great time over the long Thanksgiving weekend. I also have to admit that I was a tad emotional when we had to leave--especially with my niece and nephews that drove up from Ohio for a surprise visit (who Ryan and I have not seen in several years!) I have to say thanks to Janine and Mark for letting us stay at their house for 2 nights, my Mom and Dad for having us over Friday night, Rochelle and family & Renee and family for the get-together on Saturday, and to Mom and Dad Gazley for the visit to their home Saturday evening. (Yes, it was a very busy few days for us, but worth it!) I took a bunch of pictures, here are only a few.
You knew I couldn't let an opportunity go by without taking a picture of the January 2002 Babies. Look how they are growing! Elizabeth (on the right side) is still the tallest, with Carina being the shorter of the three. Its funny, but if you line them up, their heights go in the same order as their birth order. I was hoping to get some photos of Emma and Joshua (the 2006 babies), but Emma stayed home sick.


Nicole, Stephen, & Shane. What can I say? We have not seen them in several years, and yet after spending just a few short hours with them, it seemed like we saw each other every day. They are great kids and I just hated to leave them knowing it would be some time before we would see them again. Miss you guys already!

Okay, this picture was very hard to get. It is not easy to get a group of boys together for a picture. Can you see how happy they all are in the picture? What is great is that all the boys, even with the age differences, played great with one another. This group of cousins had a ball!

Abbey, Nicole, and Ashley. The girls were outnumbered so they had to stick together!


Now we are home, still trying to get ourselves organized (somewhat) again, and moving onto thoughts of Christmas. The decorating has begun..................