First shaving lesson! 

No, it's not a real razor - just plastic, but Logan thought he was BIG TIME!

Look at the concentration!

This was cute to me.....the boys were discussing the toys they wanted from the mailer we received over hot chocolate with marshmallows!  Grown up, yet kid style!

Monopoly! 

While at my parents house, we got competitive with monopoly......Dad, who usually goes to bed NLT 9:00 was up until 11:00 taking everyone's last dollar! 

All wrapped up for Christmas! 

We decided to celebrate Christmas early this year since we were all together. And with that being said we also kicked off our first annual shrimp and fixin's Christmas Dinner (shrimp, crab cakes, corn pudding, hush puppies, potato soup, lettuce salad, and jumbalya).  

Here the men fryin' stuff in the garage.

We opened christmas gifts from Grandma and Grandpa and the Fords.

And Mom started the annual Christmas bingo game - SO MUCH FUN!

Excuse me, I think she said B9....

I SAID B9, NOT G9!

All us 'kids' had a great time opening gifts when we hit BINGO!  

Because we were all together, we had a combine birthday party for Connor and his cousin Elias. 

 Tami and I made special cakes for our boys.....it was so fun spending time with her making these!

Logan was so glad Connor got Rescue Bots for his birthday!

William and I actually got to go out on a breakfast date WITHOUT KIDS while we were at my sister's house!!!  

It was a super cute coffee shop with a super cute hubby!

Justin drove us around town to show us the Christmas lights in Marryville.

And per Logan's request, we all went bowing!

They all had a blast!

Uncle Will reading to Elias.

SUPER HEROS!

Before William came to TN, I took the kids to a light display near Gatlinburg.

.....in their PJs!

Wendy and her hubby were in Tennessee for a conference, and stayed the night with us at my parents house one night.

So I walked in to Mom's room one afternoon to see her watching TV like this....remote in hand....with Jackson watching over her head - totally made me laugh!

THANKSGIVING!  

I sure missed my hubby, he was studying at home (with a steak dinner) for Thanksgiving!

TV time after our meal!

....and another selfie!

My sister's Thanksgiving outfit. 

Dog in boots.

The kids made thankful turkeys for Thanksgiving!

A shopping outing.

Mom and daughters.

We were in the waiting room for Dad's surgery, and after a heart stop and restart all is well!

We read books to pass the time....and played with two backpacks full of toys!

We visited this indoor play place at the mall near Mom and Dad's house SEVERAL times while we were in town.  

Story time with Grandpa.

Building the walls of Jerico - a craft to go along with a school lesson.

Smores with the Fords!

Cousins are so much fun!

Isaac was reading to Logan - so sweet.

Tree climbing in Tami's front yard.

Tami has a GREAT yard for playing in leaves....so we did!

Leaf toss!

Tackle!

Burry the boys!