Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. My sister and her family flew down to California and joined us for the first time in almost 10 years! That is definitely one of the difficult things about her living in a different state. We rarely see her at the holidays anymore, but we were so thankful they were able to come this year. My brother and his girlfriend also flew in, so all of them plus my grandma made my mom's house quite full. We drove out there nearly every day during their visit. Courtney and Maddie are getting closer to being able to really play together. I'm hoping that in the next year or so I will get to hear them chatting or singing along together. We took lots and lots of pictures of the kids and also quite a few group shots since it is so rare that we all get together. We all had a lot to be thankful for this year, but I was especially thankfully to have my family all together.

It's so hard to take pictures of kids this age (my kid was the most difficult)

One of our holiday traditions is designing unique rolls. Good job this year, folks!

We took the kids to a nearby playground a couple of times. Courtney loved the swing and it was the first time she wore shoes! Yeah I know some people think it is weird, but I felt like she didn't need any until she could walk well enough to be able to use them.