Thanksgiving Weekend!

We had company over our Thanksgiving break. Mark's parents came and spent Thursday-Sunday with us. It was nice to have family in town. Mark, Ella, Nola, and his parents went for a walk and I was alone for the first time in 5 months... it was wonderful... for a short time. I was happy to have my family back when they got home!

I got to dress my sweet girl up in a pretty dress...

My Aunt Paula cooked on Friday. Since the Darket's came in on Thursday we thought it might be easier if we had our Thanksgiving on Friday. Also, my Uncle Jerry and Aunt Alberta were in town to see the Morone's and Ryan and Kyle went to the A&M game on Thursday. Friday was just a better fit!! Since Paula cooked I made yummy desserts. I was really pleased with my desserts.

Pumpkin Pie

Praline Pumpkin Cake

I love baking. Everything was SO good and I'm happy Paula cooked this year. Maybe next year when Ella is a little older I'll cook again.

When everyone was here we went to the Gaylord Texan for ICE! It was so cool. The Gaylord is so beautiful. I think it's a spot I'll be using again to take pictures. It was designed to look like San Antonio with a little River Walk and Missions. It was decorated for Christmas. Just beautiful!

The Ice sculpture was SO cool. We had to wear huge parkas. I thought it was kind of crazy, after a we are Michiganders. When I asked the guy if it was really necessary he told us that it was 9degrees inside. That's cold. So, we all bundled in big blue parkas and went into the cold.

The theme was "The Grinch Stole Christmas". I can't believe everything was made of ice. It was soo cold. I thought Ella would be miserable but she enjoyed being bundled and eventually fell asleep. Sweet baby.