Sunday, November 29, 2009

Many Thanks

We had a great Thanksgiving holiday with both sides of the family. Jake and I started our holiday off early with my parents in Aledo. On Monday, we took a day trip to the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. It's a beautiful hotel with amazing Christmas decor. Here are just a few shots of the great decorations...This is a life size gingerbread house. It's actually made with real sugar and candy. It was awesome!
Jake loves spending time with Grandmomma and Papa!
The Gaylord has an attraction called "Ice." This year's theme is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and is an elaborate collection of life sized ice sculptures. I've never seen anything like it before---it was really incredible. Since it's literally freezing in the exhibit, they give you big coats to wear to stay warm. They didn't exactly have Jake-sized coats, so we bundled him up with his own clothes, then got the smallest size they had and wrapped him up. He looked hilarious. He was such a trooper, and just 'chilled' out the entire time...


What are they doing to me this time?
Along with the Grinch sculptures, there was a beautiful Nativity scene. This picture definitely does not do it justice....
After finishing up coaching, Kevin joined us on Wednesday, and we had a great Thanksgiving meal with my parents. Jake got a look at his first turkey--pre-cooked. He immediately reached down for a touch...
Here's Jake at the table as we were finishing getting everything ready. He was super excited for his first Thanksgiving and did surprisingly well trying new table foods.


On Thursday, we headed to Chad and Cassy's for another great meal...more with the Lawson side of the family to come...

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