A Thanksgiving to Remember!

This year was the first year that we had Thanksgiving at our house. Now that we actually have room for everyone to come over, we decided we would go ahead and do it. It was a ton of work getting all the groceries/food/house/china etc. ready, but it was very well worth it! My parents, Jacob's parents, and Justin and Lourdes came over to enjoy the feast. We had a ton of food and everything turned out to be delicious! It went just the way I hoped the first Thanksgiving at our house would go! That evening we all went to the tennis courts and played tennis for a while. Even the grandparents joined in! They were all actually still pretty good! It was so nice spending quality time with our families, and it was so nice for it to all be at our house! The next morning all of us ladies headed out for the annual black friday crazy shopping. We left around 7:30 a.m. and returned at 5:00 p.m., so it wasn't as long as we sometimes go for, but it was still a blast! We all found some great deals and it really put me into the Christmas spirit.

I also put up some pictures below of Jayda at Riley's 1st birthday party the weekend before Thaksgiving and a picture of auntie Jo-jo's visit to see our casa a few days before Thanksgiving!

Jayda on Thanksgiving morning with her turkey head!


Our pretty Thanksgiving table setting. It was actually our first time to use our fine china, even though we've had it since we got married 4 years ago!!


Our lovely table decorations.


Jacob and his dad cutting up the turkey!


"TA-DAA!!!" The Thanksgiving feast is finally readay and the cooks are DONE!


Our Thanksgiving guests!


All of us playing tennis on Thanksgiving evening.


Jayda snuck into her Christmas presents and pulled out her new rain boots!


Jayda and Riley playing in the jumpoline at Riley's 1st b-day party.


Jayda trying to help Riley figure out how to work her new car.


Jayda and "Jo-jo" playin' in some big boots!