Thanksgiving

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We had the opportunity to head home to Amarillo for Thanksgiving.  As always, it was a real treat to head home and visit with our family.  We sure do have quite a bit to be thankful for.  We have each other and our bonds, our health, and stable jobs that help us to comfortably provide for our family.

We had a slightly smaller crowd gather this year.  We, along with Jason's parents, headed over to Dennis and LuAnn's house where we also met up with Carol for Thanksgiving at lunch time.  We had quite a spread with turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, dressing, frog-eye salad, and more.  Jason's grandparents weren't able to join us for lunch.  Jason's grandfather recently started a round of treatment that compromises his immune system so he was advised to stay away from the big group.  Jason's mom made the dressing in their absence.  She used Meme and Grandpa's recipe and it was fantastic as usual.  After we all enjoyed our lunch, we took a serving over to Meme and Grandpa so that they could enjoy it as well.  Later that afternoon, Whitney and Nathan were able to swing by and we all got to enjoy the afternoon together.  We also went out front for a few minutes and Nathan snapped a few photos.  He was able to share some with us and we have them posted at the link above.

Beyond Thanksgiving day, were simply relaxed and enjoyed each other's company.  Not surprisingly, Kennedy was a big hit with all the grandparents.  We sure do enjoy getting to see her interact with her grandparents in person.  FaceTime sure is nice, but nothing beats the real thing.  We were also glad to see that she is also doing better at interacting with the dogs.  She isn't quite as scared as she once was. Before we headed home, we were also able to meet up with our good friends, Brice and Lindsey. We went to lunch with them on Saturday and had a nice visit catching up.

We really enjoyed our time back home. Having Kennedy around sure makes the holidays even more special. We are certainly looking forward to Christmas already!

Splash Pool in November?

You may recall that we had some professional portraits taken back on Sunday, November 11th.  We tried to upload them, but Google has has notified us that we have exceeded their 1GB limit for photos.  In the meantime, we're sharing a link to access them.
Crawley Family Professional Portraits

We also had a gathering a Jason's boss's house on Sunday.  We all ate lunch, enjoyed each other's company and watched the Cowboys game.  David also has a swimming pool.  It was covered up by a woven material that was stretched tight with strings around the perimeter.  Kennedy got the bright idea to dart out to the middle of the pool after her, but he quickly realized that it wouldn't be able to hold his weight.  So he spent the next couple of minutes trying the talk Kennedy into coming back to the edge.  She didn't have any reasons to.  She was enjoying the little splash pad that seemed to be following her around.  Jason's boss, David, took some pictures of the ordeal.  We hope to share them in the coming weeks.  We also took a couple of fun photos to share with you.
Crawley Family Photos

Halloween and More

A couple of weeks back, we were able to celebrate Kennedy's second Halloween.  After work, we gathered with several neighbors for some pizza before heading out to "Trick or Treat."  At first, Kennedy didn't really understand the concept, but she enjoyed running around the neighborhood with the other kids.  After several houses, Kennedy started to understand that if she went to the front porch, she would get a piece of candy.  She was pretty goofy though, because she wouldn't let go of the candy until she made it to the next house.  They would stick out their bowl and she would just swap what she had in her hand for whatever they had.

On Monday, Kennedy was making a mess as usual.  She was pulling every bow off of her rack on the wall.  Then she decided that she wanted to wear one.  To Rachel's delight, she put one in Kennedy's hair.  Then Kennedy held out her hand with another bow, so Rachel put a second bow in Kennedy's hair.  The cycle continued until we ran out of real estate to clip them to.  She wore them around the house for about fifteen minutes or so.  She probably would have worn them longer, but we had to get her ready for bed.

Kennedy continues to surprise us with new developments.  She has started to help us with laundry.  She first helped us to sort the laundry and then when we were folding the laundry, she would take from the master bedroom to her bedroom where Rachel would put it away.  We'll also have to be careful from now on because she's started to mimic us.

On Sunday, we headed over to the old railroad in Grapevine where we met the photographer to take some holiday portraits.  Afterwards, we stopped by the botanical garden and snapped a few of our own pictures.  Kennedy was all over the park, but we managed to get a few good ones.