Thursday, November 26, 2009

Turkey Day 2009

Thanksgiving this year was such a special time spent with lots of family and fun! We got to visit Arkansas with Zach's side for a few days then it was back to Texas for some time with mine. Ella thoroughly enjoyed seeing her cousins and being spoiled by them all! They are all older on the Cannaday side, so she gets a lot of attention from each of them. She definitely thought she was their age most of the time and wanted to do EVERYTHING they did. :)

It was FREEZING in Arkansas, especially at night, but it was a nice change to get us into the holiday spirit. We spent our time shopping, EATING, playing soccer on the golf course, relaxing by the fire, and the guys even snuck in some golf one morning. We loved every minute of it!

Marley and Ella on the porch



The Cannaday cousins
(This is not the cute Thanksgiving outfit I had planned for Ella to wear, but she must have grown quite a bit since I tried the other on her and it didn't fit very well. :( )


Miss Thing thought she was so big because she could reach the dessert table on her own and snagged a cookie before lunch!


Time to go outside to play with the "big kids".



E loved exploring around the house and touching everything...


Yes, that's chocolate on her face...remember the cookie? :)


Heading to the golf course for some soccer!
I am sure they loved us playing on there.



When she got tired of chasing the ball she would just sit or even roll around in the grass...





Even though it was WAY too cold for her to be outside, she insisted that she get to sit with daddy on the porch. This girl loves to be out doors!!! I guess the flash was a little too bright for her. :)


Friday we drove back to East TX where we stayed at my aunt's house along with my dad and step-mom. On Saturday the rest of the family came over to have our second round of Thanksgiving. We were stuffed and exhausted by the end of the day!




Playing puzzles before lunch time with Mimi...



This was the best I could get of us...She was SO NOT interested!


Love this picture! Ella is yelling, "Clayton" and he got so excited!


She adores him!



We seriously cannot get a good picture of these busy kids all together, or even a good group picture of all of us with dad, so these will have to do...
They will be funny to look back on one of these days. :)


2 comments:

The Barner Bunch said...

Awe! She loves that little Clayton. How cute. It's funny how our "babies" react to little babies when they see them. Barrett has learned to say, "Shhhhhhh"
Can you believe you'll have TWO girls by this time next year! FUN FUN!

SheriMc said...

That's adorable with Clayton! Our two newest little creatures and you will have another one soon to add to the craziness! I love it!