Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year!  It is so nice to finally live back home close to family.  We spent the day with my family at my grandparents house.  We then headed to Drew's parents house for the night.  It is really convenient that they live so close to each other. 

My family is a bit red neck.  Everyone brought their guns so they could have a little target practice after filling up on turkey.

It was a little more tame at the in laws house.  This picture is hard to see, but Amelia was chasing Lucy around the backyard.

 

I stopped in Jackson, TN on my home and did a little black Friday shopping.  And that night we went and bought our tree and a few Christmas presents.  I am so excited for Christmas this year!

our future olympian

Anna Claire loves to jump.  She looks like she is landing during a tumbling routine. 

Birthday party fun

I am not sure if I have mentioned our new church we are visiting on here yet, but we love our new church!  Everyone is so nice, and we made friends really fast.  The best thing is, they have children that are our kids age!  We had a first church birthday party today.  The little girl is 4 days older than Amelia.  They are so cute together and I really think they will grow up to be best friends.

It was a breakfast party and the girls were suppose to wear their pajamas, but I was bad momma and sent them dressed for the day.  But, Maggie Lynn is the birthday girl sitting next to Amelia.

This is how Anna Claire entertained herself during story time.  She and her friend Blake Leigh went up and down the stairs which is not something she usually gets to do alone

She loved this scooter

Story time is usually one of Amelia's favorite things, but running around on the stage seemed to be a little more fun at the time.  She weaseled her way into get some one on one story time from one of the aunts.

Anna Claire dancing

Since mommy and sister didn't get to go on date night, we had some fun of our own.  I caught Anna Claire breaking out some of her best dance moves!

Daddy/daughter date night

Drew and Amelia were suppose to be going on a daddy/daughter date night to the zoo tonight.  Unfortunately it started raining about 30 minutes before they were suppose to leave.  Amelia already knew about the event, so she would have been heartbroken had they not done something!  So, they went to dinner.  Drew offered to take Anna Claire, but she and I stayed home and spent some mommy/daughter time together.

Being silly.

Ready to have a good time!

Making my day better!

I love my new job.  But, as I said earlier, I don't like the hours.  It wouldn't be so bad except I have to do afternoon clinic in Desoto everyday.  Desoto is no where near Arlington!  But, the one thing that makes it so worth the crazy drive is getting home and the pure joy and excitement that my girls have when I walk through the door!  Tonight, Anna Claire saw me and she was trying to knock Amelia and Drew over to get to me.  Unfortunately for her, she is the smallest, and daddy couldn't see her, so she got tripped, which allowed Amelia to get to me first.  But, it made my heart so happy to see that sweet little trying her hardest to get to me and give me a welcome home hug. 

Feeding the ducks

Since we took the girls to the zoo on Saturday, we decided to take them, along with Lucy, to feed the ducks on Sunday.  There were a ton of ducks and they were really hungry, so the girls had a lot of fun feeding them!

Because of Anna Claire's love of the water, I didn't let her get too far away from me, so she did more observing than she did feeding.