Random list of gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone! We had a wonderful long weekend off from work!

We spent a lot of time with family and getting to know some new friends.

Mercedes invited four of her international friends from Georgetown home with her to experience an American Thanksgiving. We invited them over for dinner one night and we had a great time talking to them about their home countries and experiences in the US.

We had Thanksgiving with Chris's parents--delicious! Snapped a few photos of Madeline and Dane in their matching Christmas tree hats. Do you know how hard it is to get an 11 month old and a 2 year old to sit still for a photo? Here's our best shot.

Madeline is at a really funny stage right now. She will purposefully laugh to get you to laugh at her. She has also learned to clap- she claps all the time!!

A photo of the three of us. Stella is running around somewhere during this one.

A big story in our house is that Madeline is WALKING! She is ALL over the place. I will post a video later in the week for you.

More pics and posts to come on our long weekend but for now I leave you with a little random list of gratitude.

SO THANKFUL FOR...

My grandma's chocolate chip cookies-I will never make them as good as her!

Gorgeous fall weather

Costco

Reality tv shows

Long hot baths

Good books that make me think

Good books that require no thinking

Hot chocolate with lots of whip cream

Silly crazy Stella who loves us unconditionally

A best friend who knows all of my secrets...and likes me anyways!

Madeline getting to know all four of her grandparents (and a great-grandma!)

A husband who makes me laugh even when I don't feel like it

A healthy and happy family

What are you thankful for?

Perfect lazy weekend

Usually, Chris and I have weekends full of activities. As two busy parents, it seems like we are also running somewhere. This weekend we didn't have any major plans...and it was awesome! Friday night, we got pizza with nana and Grandpa Hughes and then watched a Redbox rental. On Saturday, our BFF's Kyle and Danielle came over for dinner. It was nice to just catch up with them for a little while. Danielle is pregnant which is so so so fun!

Here's a pic of Maddie chilling in her "lazy Saturday" clothes. We realize this outfit makes her look a little bit like a rapper. You can just call her Puff Maddie.

On Sunday, we cleaned the house and ran some errands. We took a walk on the Anchorage Trail and Chris snapped a few shots of Madeline playing.

This kind of looks like a senior picture. Maybe we'll take her back in 17 years!

Me and my girls! It was impossible to get them both to look at the camera at the same time!

And the best two!