"These mashed potatoes are so creamy!"

And now, a lil' Thanksgiving recap. :)

Josh invited a couple friends from work over to have lunch with their fam, and Mom and I went to JoBug's (it's been years since I've seen her side of the fam on Thanksgiving day).  Mom and I talked a bit and then listened to a Matt Chandler sermon on the way there and back (she'd never heard him, so I figured it was a good opportunity).  I got to play with the dogs, talk to Grandad for a few minutes, admire the awesome fall trees in JB's backyard, look through the Parrish pictures with Babah, try some new tasty foods, laugh a lot, and have a glass of Chardonnay (which made me think of the "Now watch me sip...my Chardon-nay-nay!" video). lol  Sometimes I worry about the conversation going in certain directions, but for the brief time that me being single was discussed, it went more along the lines of that I'm doing great in life and I'm smart to wait for the right person, so that made me happy.  ...And when the CHK layoffs came up, well, that conversation was memorable and made me laugh also!  JB and Babah are ready to throw down with anyone who messes with me, and I kinda like that.

Anywho, Babah made lemon pie and brought a pumpkin and cherry pie from Virginia...

JB got some Thanksgiving-themed GiGi's Cupcakes... I had the mini-chocolate one with sprinkles. :)

Here's Mom and Grandad looking through the pics we'd taken the day before. :)

Blake smoked a turkey for us... it was good, but I felt bad for him having to be out in the rain back and forth!

Cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes with marshmallows!

Grandad making mac n' cheese for me and Emily... Uncle Mike cutting the turkey... and Babah telling Izzy, "I don't wanna pet you. You're wet, dumbass!"  Aww, fun times! lol

Babah made us some peanut butter fudge to take home -- yummers!!  Back at Mom and Dad's, here's Missy K having her very own Thanksgiving feast! ;)

And here she is crawling on me to check out my earrings.

(Reminded me of this moment in 2013 - what a little presh!) 

After hanging out at home with Jace and Kyndal for a bit, we all went to Nancy's for Thanksgiving dinner!  Georgia made these cute little turkey cupcakes - the one that's missing was eaten by me. lol  But it was my only dessert that night! :)  *Full disclosure - I went 4 points over the line that day, which honestly wasn't that bad.  And I made up for it today with exercise - yay for activity points!

It was Eden's 3rd Birthday, so here's everyone singing to her, and Jace seriously contemplating blowing out her candle. lol

Here's a family shot of all the cousins!

(Note to self: Wear dark/neutral colors on obvious picture days. lol)

This is J&K in their PJs later that night.  I don't know why kids are so much cuter to me in onesie pajamas, but they really are!!  Ahhhhh, so cozy and huggable!

All in all, a very Happy Thanksgiving Day with both sides of the family!  This morning, I went to Hobby Lobby with Rach and J&K, then me and the girlfranz headed back to Tulsa before they started naptime.  Weather permitting, I'm probably having some friends over for pizza and the bedlam game tomorrow night! #getexcited

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And in totally random news, I've learned that Sandra Bullock is currently 51... which means that when she made While You Were Sleeping, she was MY AGE!! (31)

Then Miss Congeniality was another 7 years after that... which means I have 7 years to get to this level:

 Totally JK.  But knowing that fact is interesting/encouraging to me!!

And now I wanna watch While You Were Sleeping.  Such a fantastic and Christmasy movie! :)