thankful for family

We were so happy to have Brad, Mercedes and the girls come up for Thanksgiving this year! What a treat. The kids are so cute together. As always, I wish I had taken more pictures, but here are a couple from the week.

Helping Mercedes make peppermint bark, my new favorite holiday treat. Yum.


CHEESE (isn't she the cutest? love those cheeks)


Playing, playing, playing and playing some more.



Bath time!


Unfortunately Cole woke up on Thanksgiving morning with a stomach bug, so our Thanksgiving day was pretty mellow. Cory headed over to Lebanon to be with his family and Cole and I hung around the house, he slept, I worked on some projects. It was very sad at first, but it ended up actually being ok. At least I was able to spend the day with him, even if he wasn't at his best. He woke up mid-afternoon and seemed better, so we made it for dinner, but then promptly turned around and came home, just in time for him to throw up again. Poor little guy. The next morning he bounced right back, though, and was feeling fine. Yay for a quick recovery!


Friday night, their last night here, we headed down to catch the Christmas parade. A fun Corvallis tradition (although Cory would disagree with my saying its fun).

Brothers & babies



Grandma


The crew


Whoa!


There's Santa! (which also signifies the end of the parade, good thing because it was COLD)