Thanksgiving

Dave was able to take the whole week off of work last week for Thanksgiving. It was like the perfect balance of quiet laid back, just the 5 of us along with fun, busy, lots of family. We spent the first half of the week here in Texas, and then on Tuesday afternoon we headed to Oklahoma. William and Hudson couldn't get there fast enough.

The "men" (my dad, Dave, Garrett, William, and Hudson) spent most of the day Wednesday at the oilfield, and then went fishing on my dad's new boat. The boys have been so excited to actually fish on an actual boat, but as luck would have it, they didn't catch a single thing. That's ok because apparently they had more fun playing with the minnows than actually trying to catch a fish. And because I wasn't there to document the fun they had, there's nothing to "show" for their adventures...

Thursday was spent playing outside (before we headed to my aunt's house for dinner). 

When we were kids my dad built us a really cool playhouse (we have always called it the treehouse, but Dave says we can't call it that because it's not technically in a tree). Anyway, it's always been to the side of the house. The kids love it, but they didn't play in it a whole lot because they couldn't see us. So, we've been asking my dad for quite some time if he'd move it to the front so we could watch them from the deck/living room. Well, Thursday he, Garrett, and Dave tackled the job.

He had to lift it up a smudge so that he could cut the wood that was in the ground.

They put super long boards under it so that he could drag it on the ground.
Essentially, the playhouse was going to "ski" to it's new location

Here it is in it's new spot!

A very happy customer!

This is the view of the house from the playhouse. Perfect!!

When the guys got back from their adventures on Wednesday, they had some leftover minnows that they were going to use to fish in the pond at my parents' house on Thursday. When we got up on Thursday, the minnows had all died (no idea why!). Hudson decided to take it upon himself to get a few as "pets", even though they were dead. He carried those nasty dead minnows around for a good 3 hours. It was disgusting, but he was having so much fun with them.

While his brothers were exploring the wild outdoors, Crew was enjoying the peace, quiet, and warmth of the indoors!

Word.

I just love his little turkey butt!

We spent Thanksgiving dinner with the Shockley family (my mom's family). It was a delicious meal (as always), and a fun time with family. Crew got to meet lots of new family members.  Friday my Aunt Trish came up from Tulsa to visit and to meet Crew, and then we had lunch in Norman with my Aunt Ruth and her family. 

We came back Saturday evening, which was nice. We had all day yesterday to recuperate and relax. Now, back to real life!!