Happy Turkey Day

Brinley's turkey bow that Jennifer made for her.

This year Jennifer and I were both fortunate to be off from work for the Thanksgiving holiday. We decided that we should head back to Western Kentucky to visit family and friends. We spent three nights with grandma and grandpa. We started out our visits on Wednesday with a trip to Evansville to see Jennifer's older sister Julie and her children Maci and Micah. We really enjoyed getting to see them and I think Maci really enjoyed having a little baby to play with.

Brinley with her Aunt Julie and cousins Maci and Micah.

Next we headed out to my cousin Tricia's house to see some of our cousins from Ohio and my Aunt Angelena. This was the first time that my cousins Crystal, Kyli Jo, and Kasey were able to meet Miss Brinley. They were all fighting for time to hold her. We then went back to grandma and grandpa's house to rest up for the real fun of visiting 3 different Thanksgivings.

Cousin Crystal couldn't get enough of Brinley. She was really excited to finally meet little Brinley.

Aunt Angelena even got a turn, but Brinley got upset because her shirt wasn't as interesting  as Crystal's.

Kyli Jo also really enjoyed getting to meet Miss Brinley.

Cousin Tricia waited her turn, but tried to make Brinley skip Thanksgiving and head straight to Christmas.

Our first Thanksgiving adventure as three started out with a trip to Slaughters, Kentucky to visit Great Granddaddy and Memom Clayton. We enjoyed getting to spend some time visiting and ate some delicious Turkey and fixings. As much as we would have liked to stayed longer, we had a schedule to keep and Brinley was ready for a nap. So we packed up the car and headed for Owensboro.

Our 1st Thanksgiving as 3!

Memom Clayton really enjoyed getting to see Brinley again.

Great Granddaddy Clayton proved to be very good with Brinley. He rocked her to sleep while everyone else started to eat.

The little time that no one was holding her she played with some of her toys.

We just don't get to see the Great Grandparents as much as we would like.

We arrived at my Aunt Mary Ruth's house a little after 1 and spent some time with all my cousins and their families. Brinley was really fond of her cousin Bernie, who enjoyed spending time with her too. Again we would have liked to stayed longer but Brinley needed a nap and we still had one more place to go. Brinley was sleeping so good on the way back to McLean County that we stopped at grandma and grandpa's house and took a quick nap in the driveway.

Cousin Bernie is one of Brinley's favorites.

Crystal came back again. 

We had to say thanks to the host for letting us come to visit. Thanks Great Aunt Mary Ruth.

Next we took a quick little drive over to Island, Kentucky to visit with some really good family friends, who were Jennifer's neighbors growing up. We enjoyed getting to spend some time with the Everly's, Tomes', and Mercer's. Of course they really enjoyed getting to meet Brinley (most of them for the first time). I know this may be hard to believe, but we got so caught up talking that I forgot to take any pictures from our adventures in Island. Again the time came that Brinley was getting a little fussy so we decided to head back to Livermore.

Brinley had missed out on all the good food we had been eating all day and we didn't want her to be left out so we fixed her up some sweet potatoes. The picture shows exactly how she felt about them. (Sweet potatoes are one of her favorite foods, as it is mine).

Brinley loves to eat, I think she might have gotten that from me.

As much as we hated to leave grandma and grandpa's house we had to get back to Lexington so that I could work my weekend shifts. Overall we had a great time visiting with family and friends from back home. I wish we lived closer so that we could see and spend more time with everyone. Hopefully we will see some more of you the next time we are in town. Thanks for reading and God Bless!