Thanksgiving in Mississippi

The girls and I traveled to Mississippi for Thanksgiving. As Ella would say, "It's a looonng way," but well worth it. We had a great time! Jody and Zac got there on Wednesday and stayed the night with us at Nana's. Ella loved playing out at "Nana's park." She even showed me how she can swing on the big swing all by herself. She would pump her legs so hard and lean forward and backward...I was speechless!!
Zac and Mary Catherine

Zac and Ella played outside a lot on Thanksgiving. They played croquet - or at least tried to :) We played a little football. Zac and Ella put together lots of puzzles, played "Doggie Doggie where's your bone (or as Ella would say - "phone").

Here's Zac climbing the tree in the backyard.

...and Ella right behind him. Everything that Zac did, Ella was going to try too!

That evening, we went out to PawPaw Bern's house. We had a good time visiting with all of them. Ella especially enjoyed PawPaw taking her for a ride on the tractor (riding lawnmower).

On Friday, we went over to Granny Ciel's house. She was getting some pictures out of a box for Ella and I looked down and there was Mary Catherine on all fours like she was about to take off and crawl!!

And of course, after concentrating so hard, she smiles!

We had a great afternoon visiting. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Ella loves going to Nana's house. She especially loves it when Nana reads to her before bedtime.

What a blessed Thanksgiving we had! The only thing that was missing was Clint. Although we had a great time visiting with family, we sure did miss him a lot.