Bumble Baby Blog: Thanksgiving... TWICE!

The holidays can be difficult when you have to split them between two families. This year, however, Thanksgiving was GREAT! Ben and I spent Thanksgiving day with my family, then the day after with his family. You know what this means... we ate turkey twice!!! So much for my diet :( Then, Saturday, Ben and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary at Franck's restaurant (a very expensive French branch off of Tuscany). YUM! I LOVE FOOD!!!

My brother, Jason, is going overseas-again- with the military. He leaves December 31st. I am scared, but proud of my baby bro. So, we decided that we needed to take some pictures. J and I both set our camera timers and put them on a chair. When the camera clicked we realized that J sat right in front of my other brother, Kevin.

The pic below is the result of that awesome plan. Let's see if I can name them all: J (or Jason) is front and center, to his left is my sister's husband, Neil, then Ben and me. Behind J on the couch is his girlfriend, Ferrari (yep, like the car). Next to her is my Grandpa (mom's dad), then my sister, Kim. Kevin is hiding behind Jason's big bald head, next to his wife, Stephanie. Next to the couch is my grandma (dad's mom), my dad behind her and my mom on the other couch. We don't all get together often so this picture was a big accomplishment.

Since we accidentally cut Kevin out of the first picture (he's the one sticking out his tongue) we decided to try it again. This time J took the pic.

Ben felt bad that Jason wasn't in that picture (plus he hates to have his picture taken) so he took a pic of J. Probably should have warned him first. He looks...um, stupid.

The day after Turkey Day, Ben and I drove up to his mom's house to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, as well as his niece, Mia's 3rd birthday.

In this picture you can see all the little cousins helping Mia open her presents: Marley, Mia, Ava and Tavin. Aren't they cute?!?!?

Ben is helping Marley stay out of Mia's way while she furiously opens presents. Ben's mom is next to him and then his sister, Michelle, who is taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.

Watching the present-opening festivities: Glade- Michelle's husband; Brandy and her hubby, Jeremy- Ben's brother; and little Tate- Ava and Mia's half brother.