The kids and I visited with our friends and then helped get everything set up so that we could enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at 12:00. I baked two pies for the occasion, a pecan pie for joe and a chocolate cherry cake/pie (so delish!). I received the Lion House cookbook from my brother-in-law Jonathan last year for Christmas and it really has the BEST pie recipes! Including an Awesome recipe for pie crust. I absolutely LOVE this book! and Thanksgiving was a perfect opportunity to bust it out and pour over all of the drool worthy recipes.
There were about 20 people who shared in Thanksgiving dinner and so it was a noisy, cheery affair. My kids even behaved themselves and didn't spill too much. haha. After dinner we sprawled out on their couches and had naps and then set up a game of Rook with the adults. It was a really great day!
The next morning we packed up Jadyn and McKay and drove the two hours south to the Big Bend National Park. The R.'s came with us and we got adjourning campsites and had a blast "hiking" to the hot springs and playing/fishing in the river and then enjoying hot chocolate, and the games sardines and B.S. Jadyn had such a good time playing with the other kids and running in and out of our tent. She was pretty bummed when we had to take it down the next morning. What a fun couple of days!
