Pre-Thanksgiving Feast!

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we celebrated with Mark's sister and her family!  His other sister and parents were out of state, so it was a small but fun gathering. :)

 Tatem was in LOVE with her Aunt Beth!!  When people see Tatem in person, they are amazed at how red her hair is getting.  Of course, the inevitable question is, "Where did that red hair come from?!"  Look no further than Mark's sister, mom and aunts to find a bunch of beautiful red heads!

 She wouldn't stop grinning for Beth!  SO sweet!

We noticed Tatem wasn't blinking much.  Jaxon is a professional at staring contests, so they had a little challenge.  Tatem thought it was hilarious, and she won!  Check out Jaxon's determined face. :)

 Uncle Rusty's pretty funny too!!

 Meanwhile, Gramm and Landrie were cooking up a storm!  

Gramm and Landrie served Uncle Rusty lots of tasty treats. :)

I love this sweet picture of Jaxon!  It seems like just yesterday when Beth and Rusty brought him home from the hospital.  Mark and I were just dating at that point, and it was our first up close experience with adoption!  We had no idea what God was preparing for our lives.  How precious for Landrie and Jaxon to each have a cousin who joined our family through adoption!  God just thinks of everything. :)