Thanksgiving

Baylor has been couting down the days until Thanksgiving because it meant cousin time. And it did not disappoint with almost all of the Smith side gathered together for a couple of days.

We started Thanskgiving day off with some time at Kent Bowl because on Thanksgiving you bowl for free. We had so much fun though we did have quite a few per lane so it took a bit longer than expected.

McCall kept busy the majority of the time "driving" with different cousins.

Paige was great at helping Baylor out and at the end when Baylor was done, she even helped McCall out. They all had lots of fun.

I'm so grateful that I married into such an amazing family!

Then the girls spent the afternoon with cousins while I made pies and deviled eggs at our house. We went a couple of hours before dinner was ready and it was so fun just to visit with everyone. There were lots of laughs and one of my favorite things with my little girls is that her tall boy cousins try to make them laugh and play with them especically McCall. At one point I looked over at her, and there for 3 or 4 of her older boy cousins sitting around her and playing with her. It is the sweetest! Then it was time for the feast!

I love the little girl table! It brought back lots of fond memories for me.

After more time and visiting and letting all the food settle, then we enjoyed some delcious pies! Paige made her cookies and cream ice cream pie and it was by far the favorite and was gone first. We had pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, dutch apple pie (my favorite), Edward's chocolate cream pie, blackberry pie, and lemon meringue pie. It was such a wonderful day and meal spent with family!

The next day Baylor and McCall got to play with Myla for a bit before they left for home. Then we spent the majority of the day decorating for Christmas.

Paige got a hold of the camera for a bit and McCall was in such a goofy mood with her poses and faces.

All the girls loved helping decorate the Christmas tree especially Baylor.

All three of them had to put the star on top.

We ended the day back and Nona and Pop's for anothe family dinner and get together to celebrate Carly's birthday. There was more visiting and playing charades. I left early because McCall was pretty clingy and tired most of the evening. I got her to bed and about an hour later, I heard the horrible sound that no parents enjoys hearing, her throwing up. She threw up multiple times leading up to her falling asleep for the night. I slept on the couch with her last night and she woke up three times during the night to throw up more. Around 1 is when she finally fell asleep for the rest of the night. She napped on me today which was sweet but it's so sad to see her sick and she often complains and says "tummy hurt." Hopefully she is the only one that gets it. Not the best way to end our Thanksgiving break but we enjoyed all the time with family and we are so grateful that we have each other.