Lawson Thanksgiving

This year we were able to have dinner with the Lawson side the day after Thanksgiving.  They pulled out all of the "fixin's."  It was too fun to watch sweet Cali.  She is so adorable! 

It was nice to have time after dinner to relax and just visit with everyone, too.

We stayed with Mom this year, so living room forts made their appearance.

During the holiday week, we had breakfast at Mom's, complete with homemade waffles and bacon.  After breakfast, we got into gingerbread-house-decorating mode.  Daymian and Jordan opted for the gingerbread village, Liam opted for the gingerbread train and Ava and I built a gingerbread house.  Question:  Why is it that the icing provided in the package is either (A) like concrete or (B) the bag of icing pops at the seams, creating a huge mess?  There is room for improvement in the icing bag category, that's for sure!  Liam supervised again this year, while Doug put the finishing touches on Liam's train.  ;-)

It was fun to hang out with Grandma Pam, Sherry and the boys.  During the Christmas season, Mom always displays the gingerbread houses, train and villages in her china cabinet. 

Breakfast and gingerbread house-decorating

Peace, love and candy-constructing,
Shelly, Doug, Ava and Liam