Long time No See...and a little Thanksgiving feast

I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to meet up with an old friend of mine. 

We were the best of friends growing up and in 7th grade she and her family moved far away.

It seriously was the most tragic time of my life 

( I still remember being so scared to enter Junior High without her).

We have been able to keep in touch over the years, and a few weeks ago was another amazing short, but very sweet visit!

Briana is such a doll, the nicest, sweetest, most thoughtful person you will ever meet, 

the salt of the earth kinda girl :)

It was soo awesome to see her and her adorable, sweet little baby bump! 

Thanks so much for coming to visit Bri and Aubrey (her older sister), it was truly a JOY to see you guys!!

So fun to catch up on old times and to see your beautiful faces :)

Loves always!!

Thanksgiving was another great visit with the Hessings :) 

We got all together over at Ben's uncle and aunts house for a grand, incredibly filling feast! 

Love my little handsome devil!! 

Cheer!! to another happy, safe, yummy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving crafts and a nap with my sweet boy...

A few weeks ago my mom sent our family a box full of
fun treats,
yummy snacks,
 and some crafty thanksgiving projects to do with Bry.

So feeling in the holiday spirit, with the snow falling and Christmas movies all over the TV
 I decided to get cracking on our crafts.

Bry had so much fun pulling the stickers off the pages, putting them on his shirt, the table, my shirt, etc and drawing beautiful swirls around all the pumpkin shaped paper.

I enjoyed watching him draw, laugh and helped a little with writing things we were thankful for.

 

We also put together a family tree (since we are both so thankful for them).

It was so fun watching Bry enjoy coloring.
 As he has gotten older he has really gained a greater desire to be artsy and any artistic ability Bryson has is completely from his Dad :)

After drawing our little hearts out, we cuddled up on the couch with lots of blankies and watched Bedtime Stories. And it must have been a good one, because when Ben got home from class he found us like this.

I love taking naps with my little bud, he's such a good little cuddler :)