Thanksgiving 2015

Our Thanksgiving holiday was so much fun!  Pearce and I went to Dallas on Tuesday so that we could celebrate Mama's birthday and see Allie.  Pearce and I went by Ashley's to pick up Charlotte and take her with us to Mama and Papa's house.  Ash had to finish a few things and Nathan had a play date with a friend.  I loved that Pearce and Charlotte got some play time together just the two of them.  What I thought was so funny was that Pearce and Charlotte played together a lot more this time than ever before.  He normally is stuck to Nathan's side, but this time Charlotte and Pearce were buddies.  Pearce still did a lot with Nay Nay, but Charlotte was definitely his little buddy during Thanksgiving :)  Ashley and Nathan came over that night for dinner and a little birthday celebration.  Mama made the BEST chocolate cake, too!  We had our big celebration on Wednesday since Allie and Jen and Robert got to Dallas late on Tuesday night.  Mama took Charlotte and Pearce to Toys R Us that afternoon and let them pick something out.  Pearce found a Scooby Doo Lego set that he wanted and Charlotte got a little "pet" bird and bird cage.  We picked out a lego set for Nay Nay, too.  So, when we got back to Mama's house, Pearce wanted me to start putting together his lego set which had a TON of parts.  I was so relieved when Ashley and Nathan finally got there and Nathan came up to me and said, "I'll take it from here, Auntie Carrie."  He had that lego set put together in no time!!  Nay Nay asked if he could spend the night with us that night and Pearce was so excited for that!  Pearce and Nay Nay slept on a pallet on the floor, then we spent the rest of the time at Ashley's house.  On Wednesday, Allie and Jen got their hair cut and then we all met up at Cheesecake Factory for lunch and our second birthday celebration.  It was so fun having all of the "kids" together....Allie just turned 19, so I guess she's not a kid anymore!  After lunch, we went to the mall to do a little shopping.  Mama treated the little kids to toy at Barnes and Noble.  Pearce was so excited that he could finally get Calico Critters, or "the little bunnies" as Pearce calls them.  Our Thanksgiving dinner was soooo good!  Once again, Ash cooked the turkey perfectly and all of the sides were yummy!  We all had fun just playing and visiting together.  The kids were really excited to play football outside after lunch, but then it started raining....oh well.....playing football in the rain was more fun!  Thursday night, Ashley and I went Black Friday shopping at Macy's and Toys R Us.  I had never been, but oh my gosh, it was fun....and a little crazy!  Ashley scored a cute pair of boots and a top and I just got one top.  We left at 9:30 that night and didn't get home until 2:00 am!  Even though we didn't buy a ton, it was still so fun to just browse around and try on clothes and be out late together.  Friday, we met Mama and Papa at the movies and they took the kids to see The Good Dinosaur and me, Allie, and Ash went to see Bridge of Spies.  Mama said the kids cried during the movie during a couple of sad parts, but they all really loved it!  The guys stayed home and watched football ALL DAY/NIGHT LONG!  We left Saturday afternoon and it took us two extra hours to get home because of traffic....oh well!  Thank you for a wonderful Thanksgiving, Ash!!!!

 

 

 

Wayne had to strip to cut the turkey, LOL!!

 

Mama making the BEST gravy ever!!!

 

Photo bomb courtesy of Chris

 

  

Drenched after playing football in the rain!