We "hosted" Thanksgiving at our house this year with my parents. I use the term "hosted" lightly b/c we basically provided the house, table and chairs. Well, we did contribute a little more than that but my mom and dad did a lot of the work. Dad and Cory fried the turkey while mom prepared the rest of the meal inside. I did not feel well on Thanksgiving day so I laid in bed most of the morning. After we ate Thanksgiving lunch we loaded up the car and headed to Branson for the rest of the week. We lounged around, shopped some and lounged around somemore.
On Friday night we went to the Dixie Stampede. I was a little nervous about taking Lincoln but figured with four adults and one child we could manage to corral him throughout the show. Boy, was I proven wrong. Lincoln LOVED the show. It was by far the best 2 hours of his life. Seriously, if he could talk more I am pretty sure he would be asking to go back again - everyday! He sat in his high chair for 2 hours, clapping, dancing, "neighing" at the horses, and waving and talking to our waitress. He would often go down the row "dada?" "mama?" "Gigi?" "Papa?" and point out at the arena to make sure we were all paying attention. I truly never thought it would go over as well as it did. Lincoln has never sat still for 2 hours in his life except in the carseat and even at that he wants out by about an hour. We only managed to get a few pictures after the show and at that point he was tired.
We enjoyed our holiday very much! We have so much to be grateful for.
Lucy (6 months) eating her Thanksgiving meal of baby food.
Pop-pa with his 
