Sunday, December 7, 2008

Thanksgiving!

Wow it has been a while! Last weekend was a lot of fun for us! We were able to finally travel beyond the city limits of Cedar and get as far as Bicknell! We were with my side of the family this year for Thanksgiving, which was lots of fun for me since this is the first year Andrew and I have gone with them because in the past I have had to work, so his fam has been great enough to come to us here in good old Cedar! It was really nice for the break from school! Come the Tuesday before Thanksgiving I had had enough and was ready to set the books aside for a few days and just spent time with Andrew, Emma, and family...my heaven here on earth;) We didn't do anything too exciting over the weekend, but did get to see everyone and enjoy their company. The kids loved holding and playing with Emma and she just loved all of the attention! She must be getting more accustomed to noise because when they all get toether they love to play and be loud and she slept right through it when it came time to go to bed! She is doing so much better at nights..which is very nice since she doesn't hardly sleep at all throughout the day!
Here are some of the boys doing the dishes after dinner! This is a new thing..usually they are watching football while the girls clean up, so this was a nice suprise! Except as you can see Andrew is relaxing, this was his day off too, since he is the best husband ever and helps me cook and clean all the time!!

Here is Grandpa trying to feed Emma. He was so good with her all weekend and kept taking her and playing with her, and trying to feed her licorice and grape punch...I had to put a stop to that;)

Emma absolutely loved Mitch, she would smile so big whenever he came around and talked with her. He spent lots of time entertaining and playing with her! Thanks Mitch, you are such a great cousin!

I love Thanksgiving because it makes me ponder and think about all the many things I am grateful for. The more I think about it the more I realize I am so blessed. I have an amazing husband, sweetest baby, and the best family on both my side and Andrew's! Life may seem crazy and feels like it is flying by but it is good and I am so grateful for all I have!

6 comments:

Tina said...

Yay I'm so happy to see an update!! Is that you with your hair chopped off?!! It looks so cute. I love it!! I'm so glad that you finally got to spend thanksgiving with your family. I'm sure it was so nice! Well we are planning on being in Cedar around Jan 1st through the 8th, and we would love to see you guys!! We'll give you a call.

Hayley said...

Hey! I was in Wayne over Thanksgiving, I thought about calling but I was so busy with my Dad and Grandparents. I am glad you had such a great time, and I LOVE your hair, it is so cute! I am glad you got to take a break from school, I remember how hard all that was...good thing you are such an awesome person!
Happy Holidays

Makell Wintle said...

Holy cow! You cut your hair! It looks great tamara... So sassy. :) Glad you had a good thanksgiving.

Michael & Lindsey said...

Sounds like you had an awesome Thanksgiving. I loved the picture of the boys doing the dishes - that's what we're trying to incorporate into the Peterson family gatherings as well... ha ha. I'm glad your little family had time for a little stay-cation and get away from the busy life here in Cedar. Emma is such a doll. I'm so happy for you - best of luck with everything.

kk else yy said...

that looks like you guys had so much fun in Bicknell!
(i have no idea if i spelled that right! :])
hah but emma is so cute being with her cousins!!
tamera did you cut your hair again? it looks way cute i love it!!

Jessica said...

I am finally taking time to look at everyone's blog again!!! I am glad you had a fun Thanksgiving. We miss you guys! We will have to get together this week sometime!