Thanksgiving Weekend at the Egberts

Well, Thanksgiving is always a special time of year for us. It's time to think about all of the blessings in our life, and spend time with family and friends. Sometimes it's hard to see all that we are thankful for when we've had such a difficult year. We have lost many loved ones, and have dealt with some personal challenges. On Thanksgiving it was nice to look beyond all of that and realize that we are a truly blessed family. We have jobs to go to, a beautiful house to come home to, healthy and happy children, and love that goes beyond measure.

We were planning on a small Thanksgiving this year. We didn't want to travel and we weren't planning on company. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but one at a time, family decided they would be able to come see us for the holiday, if we didn't mind. Of course we didn't mind! It's been hard for us being alone in this town. It's nice to have company, and it's really nice to see family that we don't get to see very often. My Mom even made it out from Colorado! All in all there were 8 kids and 7 adults....the biggest group that has ever been in our home! Thanks to those of you who could make it. We loved having you and hope we can do it again soon!



Jared....he was doing a lot of the cooking! I thought it would be a nice touch if he posed in my apron. I love it!!

Me.....my husband wanted a picture of me with the turkey. I have no idea what is on my shoulder....weird.

Eating dinner....Peggy (mom), Catrina, Greg, Jade, Tabytha, Chris, and baby Morgan. I'm pretty sure we all ate too much! Jared is missing, cuz he took the picture!


My sister Tabytha and her husband Chris, sharing a plate of yams! Ahhh how sweet!

Kids, making a mess in the office. They are sooo dang cute aren't they?! Peyton loves having his cousins to play with.

My nephew Bailey....apparently pirate hats are in on Thanksgiving! He's a sweet boy!

My baby Peyton....so handsome!

My brother Greg and his girlfriend Jade. They don't have kids so I think they were bored/annoyed about half of the time....lol. It was nice to see them though!

Caile and my niece Morgan. Caile loves the babies, and she does pretty well trying to keep them entertained :)

My niece Kaydence, she is so beautiful. She asked me for lipstick about every 30 minutes, and she knew just where to find it in my purse! I love that little girl!

My nephews Kaden (left) and Isaac. They are so dang cute! And I love the matching pajamas!

Josh and Peyton....what good brothers! It's really hard to get Josh in a picture. Sorry, this was the best we could do, lol!