A White Thanksgiving!

Wednesday night Kameron, Porter, and I headed up to my family cabin in Pinetop for 5 long relaxing days in the mountains. Soon after we woke up Thanksgiving morning snow began to fall....and fall....and fall, ALL day long. Porter loved every bit of it and had his first experience playing in the snow. He didnt care how cold it was, he did not want to come inside. My brother Jared and his family came up that night and the cousins had fun playing in the snow as well.
Porter was a BIG fan of Thanksgiving dinner. As you can see we had a LOT of food that the whole weekend it was hard to not catch him with something in his mouth! Jello salad was by far his favorite, but apples came in a close second. He would eat it seriously to the core...and at that point we would have to pry it away! He had lots of food and 4 SOLID days of Football, the kid was in heaven!

There was also lots of time to play with his cousins, Bailee, Raden, Lexi, and Jadie...and of course he loved his Uncle Jared! They wrestled, played with toys, made and ate smores and hotdogs out of the fire, took baths, and as you can see, my brother and I compared belly's! We laughed so hard all weekend long.

And of course we had to get a few family pictures in before we left. Every time we are at the cabin we have to have the annual family picture on the fireplace and stading on the front porch! The bottom right is the whole gang, minus Tata (my dad). Someone had to take the picture.

A couple other things we did....

Iced the big knot Porter got on his head. This kid kept everyone there busy. He also fell into the wall, and climbed the gate on the stairs causing it to fall over on him. Serisously, my main objective for the day is to just keep this kid alive, and lately...this task hasnt been easy!

We also took Porter to his first "moo-ie" in the theatre. My parents took the whole family to see Bolt...which by the way I thought was hilarious. Its become a Pinetop tradition to take all the grandkids to whatever new kid movie is out while we're there. Bolt, is totally purchase worthy, and Porter LOVED it. He sat on Tata's lap for the first 40 minutes wide eyed, wide mouthed, and still as can be. He then sat on my lap for the remainder of the movie eating lots of popcorn and M&M's! He did great and we didnt have to even get up once.

We left to come home Sunday afternoon, and Porter ended his weekend by crashing before we even got out of Show Low! We had such a great Thanksgiving weekend, and I am so grateful for my parents and family, for all they do for us. Life just wouldnt be the same without them. Despite the daily stresses, I know that as long as I have my family, I can handle anything and everything else doesnt matter. I am grateful for my wonderful husband, adorable and hilarious little Porter, for the health and progress if this new little baby, and for my parents who I can ALWAYS count on no matter what, and who are always willing to do anything and everything for their kids! Hope everyone else had a great and safe Thanksgiving!!