thanksgiving recap

can i just tell you what a blessing our thanksgiving was this year?!?! our dear friends tommy and kelly and their three boys came to stay with us for about 3 days and we had the best time!  it is so nice when you are with old friends and their is no need to impress or entertain or worry.  we just hung out and visited and played with the boys.  it was so refreshing for the soul :)
on thanksgiving, kelly and i cooked all the sides and desserts and the men were in charge of frying the turkey (that's right, jeff wanted to fry a turkey, no one should be shocked!) it was delicious!

the men doing the "work" outside

our table all ready to go!

on friday we all walked to the candy shop here in west liberty because they do a big holiday open house thing where you get to tour the factory and the kids get to make gingerbread houses.  the 2 big boys had a blast and were so proud of their houses!

 malachi has a fascination with his tongue lately - sticking it out, waving it, etc. jeff wanted to be just like him ;)

so proud of his house!

then when we go back tommy made gumbo and we all took a nap! jeff and i just love their gumbo - really authentic and delicious.  they showed me how to make it, so i'm gonna try it out... we'll see....

saturday we went to columbus to eat at this restaurant jeff loves and then they left to go back home from there.  we were so sad to see them go but were so thankful they were able to come and be with us for a little while.  we are so blessed and can't wait for them to come back!!

what a blessed thanksgiving!

 probably my favorite picture from our little "photo shoot" - right kelly?!?! ha!