Declan meets his cousins!

We spent Thanksgiving in North Carolina again this year with my brother's family and my parents.  We only see my brother and his family once a year so it was a lot of fun being able to spend time with them.  Plus, I love North Carolina.  Every time we go I try and talk Zach into moving there.  If we could get my in-laws to move there I think Zach would agree! :)

One of my best friend's, Ashlie, and her husband Brent just happened to be visiting Brent's sister in NC for Thanksgiving also.  Brent's sister, Taya, is good friends with my sister-in-law, Tara, so they all came up to Hickory on Wednesday.  We just love Ashlie and Brent!  It was so great to see them. 

On Thanksgiving we took some family pictures.  It's funny to think that last year Tara was pregnant with Gavin and I was pregnant (but it was still a secret) with Declan. :)

 This is my favorite picture...too bad you can't see my mom!  I love how Bella is totally diving straight for the camera.

 

My parents with their grandchildren.  It's crazy to think they already have more grandkids than they have kids!

We carried on tradition and made toffee the day after Thanksgiving.  Here are all the boys in the kitchen.  I promise the girls did help...we just didn't get a picture of it.

This is what my mom did while we were making toffee...Just kidding, my mom helped a lot with the toffee since she's the expert in making it! :)  She just couldn't pass up the chance to hold Declan.

Bella had fun making Declan laugh!

Gavin is 3 months older than Declan.  We had to get a picture of the two chubby babies in just their diapers!  Can someone tell me why the picture keeps flipping??

Declan riding Bella's elephant.

The 3 kids the morning we left

Thanks Mike and Tara for letting us invade your house!