thanksgiving

We had a wonderful, long Thanksgiving weekend!

We did lots of baking for Thanksgiving this year, including making these cookies! We LOVE making these EASY cookies! We just take the premixed stuff...

Do a little dance..

Dump it into mini muffin pans, and stick a chocolate piece (a kiss or reeces) in each one! And of course, EVERY time mom turns away for a split second, we sneak one into our mouth instead of a cookie!

Delicious!

On Thursday we went to dan's aunt & uncle's for a wonderful dinner with the entire Fort Wayne family! usually about 40-50 people come. While Natalie was playing with Great Grandma Brand....

Sammi has befriended all of the older girls, who are sooo sweet to her! They like dressing her up when she visits, and she looooooves the attention!

Lots of mingling...

Natalie enjoyed showing off her walking skills...

My FAVORITE part of thanksgiving... our family being together, in pajamas, with no work to go to and no schedule to follow!!!

We spent Saturday with my parents and brother and his wife. I made my first from-scratch cheesecake for the occasion, and it turned out fantastic, if I do say so myself! Looks a little crazy in this photo, but it was amazing.

At the Shermans' we colored...

We played games, ate, and relaxed!

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving Weekend! We are so thankful for having such wonderful families and enjoyed our time with them all so much!