Thanksgiving 2016

 Since the ex-husband and I are usually trading kids back and forth throughout the week leading up to Thanksgiving, Tim and I went ahead and accepted Stephanie's invite to her house for Thursday.  Whether we ended up bringing 2 or 4 kids, we knew that it would be fun to get the cousins together and have a nice visit.  Turns out that Garrett and Caroline were able to come along and we headed to Hampton around 10 AM Thanksgiving morning.  I was in charge of bringing two pumpkin roll cakes (homemade!  I love making these things!) and a cooler full of juice boxes and 2-liters of soda.
And Stephanie surprised us with a new puppy, Maverick, who the kids absolutely adored!  Gavin and Alexandria joined up with Garrett, Caroline, Emily, and Caroline and played together like they get together all the time.  Kevin and Kristen were a nice addition as well as Aunt Jill and Camm who brought all the favorites--broccoli cheese casserole, giant yeast rolls,  sweet potato casserole smothered in mini-marshmallows...my mouth is still watering!

Basketball skills camp in the backyard

Kevin kept up the tradition of guarding the grill as 100 oysters popped open and then were promptly drowned in butter.

The new puppy, Maverick!