It was very easy this year to be thankful. There was much to enjoy on Thanksgiving this year. Thankful for all my family (those we saw and those we missed this Thanksgiving), thankful for sweet Sam and all his cousins and grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles and great-uncle and aunt, thankful for delicious food and beautiful weather, thankful for all the ways children remind us of the simple joys in life. For Sam, it was laughing at grandparents, climbing up and down and up and down stairs, playing with cousins, and enjoying all the attention from uncles and aunts. He laughed and played and slept all weekend long.
With cousins Cate, Lillie, and Ben
Then a meltdown after too many pictures when we tried to get one last one with great Grandaddy McCord. If you can’t tell, Sam pushed off Lillie which caused Lillie to begin to push off the couch. It was absolutely hilarious. No children were harmed.
And I am daily thankful for every opportunity we get to experience the outdoors together. This was at the Fall Festival/Halloween/Chili Cook-off in October.
Back to reality, or for Sam, back to his toys at home that I think feel brand new after the long weekend away.




Cutest boy ever in the history of everdom.
Sam is such a cutie!
Sam is so crazy cute. I wish we were close enough he could push Caroline off the couch!