Thanksgiving Trip

Happy (Late) Thanksgiving everyone! I know, super late - it's already almost Cyber Monday, which is apparently a new holiday nowadays. And I think it lasts all week now? You won't catch my butt out on Black Friday if I can buy everything for the same price online + free shipping! Anyway, getting off topic here. Our holiday was fantastic! We did everything (pretty much) that we wanted to do. Emma and I visited with my Mimi and Aunt Jeana on Wednesday evening and had Golden Palace Chinese which is the best.. seriously, it's been in the same shopping center for like 35 years. That's insane. It was alot of fun going through Mimi's "Stuff", I have alot of goodies to share about my visit later :) Then Thursday was of course Thanksgiving! We went to mass with my family and the boys played some flag football afterwards, totally hilarious to watch, especially since my step dad was the ref! And I got to spend some time with my sister :)

Then we went to Hubby's Grandparents for dinner! We had alot of fun relaxing and hanging out with the cousins (bunch of goofballs) It was relaxing for this Momma since Emma's Grandma, Great-Grandma and Great Aunt Kathy all wanted a piece of her!! My mother in law makes the BEST broccoli casserole, I believe that is what it's called. It doesn't matter, either way its delicious! Note to self: Need the recipe for that for family dinners in the future! All of the food was fabulous. When I was younger we always went to my Grammy & Pop Pop's for Thanksgiving and although I absolutely love the new tradition, I have to admit, I miss the smell of turkey, glazed ham (which we still have!) Along with the smell of Lasagna and my Grammy's homemade spaghetti sauce & yummy garlic bread. Italian anyone? But thats okay, I still get to enjoy it when I go home and Tony makes it for the family on sunday evenings :) Maybe I'll share the recipe someday..

Friday we went to see my dad, step mom & Brothers! (are you starting to see that I have a huge family.. sometimes a pain, but always a blessing!) We enjoyed the afternoon and hung around outside, i'm glad we took advantage, because on Saturday it was bitter cold and I was ready to get home to North Carolina! Here are a few photos from Dad's visit.

We made a spur of the moments pit-stop on our way home from dads at "Lights on the Bay" We took Emma out of her carseat and let her ride up front in my lap to check out the show. Don't freak out people we were only going 5 miles per hour! ;)

I had lots of pictures to share today :) Great holiday, can't wait to do it again in a month, now go out and get ready for Cyber Monday! Happy Christmas shopping everyone!

<3 Taylor