Wonderful Thanksgiving!

We had the most wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It was a bit different with the Tucks not here but we switched things around and hosted a small Barksdale-Corder gathering at our house for lunch. It was just 10 of us but it was lovely and relaxing. There was great food, fabulous company and good football on TV for the boys :) The highlight of the day was the phone being passed around and getting to talk to Janelle! Hearing her voice brought tears to my eyes and we can't wait to see her soon, now that she and the boys are in Charlotte...she is truely the greatest blessing this Thanksgiving!

Here is our little family...pre-feast :)

Sweet Isabelle drinking out of a water glass like a big girl!

The "hostess with the mostess"

Our little family...post-feast :)

Mommy and Daddy are looking a little stuffed and tired!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Can't stay seated for long

Thanksgiving is SO MUCH FUN!

Then, we went to Round 2 at B and SanSan's. Because most everyone had already had one Thanksgiving meal, Mom thought it would be nice to have appetizers and turkey sandwiches. It was perfect because we were all in the grazing mood. We all went around and told our favorite Thanksgiving memory and it was so fun to hear everyone's stories, especially since we are a blended family. I was most impressed with Grandmommy, who has the most incredible memory of her childhood and young adult days.

Here is the big family pic :)

And how could I forget the delicious dessert that we made!

Pumpkin Muffins with Homemade Cream Cheese Icing...yummmmmm!

Icing them was a group effort...Mac went behind me, making sure that every cupcake had the perfect amount of icing.

(Haines is probably dying laughing at right now...it's way harder than it looks!)

And when all was said and done, we were all pooped.

Here's our little muffin, fading fast!

Hope you all had the most wonderful holiday with family and friends! We are so blessed to be surrounded by so many parents, siblings and grandparents and it was so special to share the day with our loved ones!

Now on to the next holiday!!! Our plan is to get our tree tomorrow and start decking the halls, I can hardly stand it! What a magical time of year!

xoxo