Thanksgiving 2017

We had such a nice Thanksgiving in Dallas this year!  Pearce was counting down the days until it was time to go.  We left early Wednesday morning and got to Dallas just in time to go out for brunch to celebrate Allie's 21st birthday!  We met at a yummy cafe and most of us got Eggs Benedict...so good!  We did some shopping afterwards compliments of Mama!!  Then we took Allie to get her hair done and it looked so cute!!  That evening Mama cooked us a great Mexican dinner and then we gave Allie her bday presents.  She also FINALLY got to have a glass of wine...legally :)  Pearce and Charlotte loved having a tea party with Mama's nice tea set :)  Thursday we got up early and Ash and I got everything ready for our Thanksgiving lunch.  We had done most everything the night before, so it was pretty easy getting all the sides heated up while the turkey cooked.  Ashley did such a great job on the turkey plus we had all the yummy sides.....mashed potatoes, mom's dressing, Helen's corn and sausage casserole, Chris's green bean casserole, broccoli salad, sweet potato casserole, rolls, and gravy.  Oh my goodness, it was all so good!  I made myself go back for seconds even though I was pretty full.  We just hung out the rest of the day and the kids had fun playing outside and just being silly together.  That evening Ash and I geared up to go Black Friday shopping!  We left around 9:00 and went to Toys R Us first and got the kids their presents and then went to Kohl's to get the kids new clothes and a few other things.  Then we ended our night/morning with Macy's!  By the time we got to Macy's it was 1:00 in the morning, but we really wanted to go to Macy's so we did!  The stores weren't overly crazy crowded, but the lines to check out were long....thankfully the lines moved fast.  We thought next time maybe we should go earlier, but then we figured the stores would be a lot more crowded, so we decided going later was better in the end.  We each got some fun new things for ourselves plus Christmas gifts, so it was a win!  We got home at 3:00 in the morning, but it was so worth it!  Friday we met everyone for lunch at Torchy's Tacos to celebrate Mama's birthday!  Our lunch was so good and Mom was sooooo excited to get her new Apple TV!  She said she's been loving it and it's a lot easier to work than her old one.  The rest of the day, we just hung out at Ashley's house and let the kids play and play!  We did take a little trip to Starbucks to let everyone use their gift cards Papa got us.....thanks Papa!!!  The best part of Thanksgiving was just being together and watching Pearce have so much fun with his cousins.  He just cannot get enough of them and they are always so sweet to play with him!