thanksgiving.

as seems to be my pattern lately, i did not get very many pictures over the thanksgiving weekend when my family was in town.  

but we had a great time, although colds were circulating among many of us, and the day after thanksgiving we went to a local fair at a community called homestead heritage.  

here is uncle adam and brenner with cole in the petting zoo area.

cole was carrying the puppy around the exact way that he carries his sisters!  

after this photo he turned to me and said, mama i want a bunny!

sorry man, you got two sisters instead that you get to smother with your love. 

we also had some good play time with aunt jenna!

and we got some awkward photos.  

it is all about making memories, right? 

akward photo number 1.   

 clara is giving us some tongue action.

 these girls love forced photo sessions!

 this happens a lot....trying to beat sister to the punch. 

or to mama in this case.

 elise is not happy.

 they seriously love cole's cars.  

it was great to have our family come to us this year.   

what a blessing it is to have such great family!