As we were driving in to Fort Smith, I got a call from Momma Emma letting us know that Kymiko's precious one, Birdie, had arrived. We were so excited to meet her, such a perfect little girl!
On Thanksgiving day, we proved our culinary prowess with Tom III. Tom the First was a terrible flop a few years back, bleeding on the serving platter. Tom Junior, our next attempt, was excellent and moist, so we were 50/50 going in to this year, but Tom III was a success (despite a slight miscalculation: for those of you who are wondering . . . if you need a turkey to be finished by 12:30 and he needs to cook for 4 hours, you should put him in at 8:30, not 6:30).
Just as Thanksgiving dinner was about to be served, Allison (in her 3rd trimester of pregnancy) took a tumble outside and had to be rushed to the emergency room. No harm was done to Baby Gus (Aubri's name for her future cousin), but Allison suffered a pretty nasty ankle sprain with a chip fracture which sidelined her for Black Friday shopping.
The rest of us, however, were doorbusting Kohl's at 4:00am then on to crisscross town and hit about 10 stores altogether. We made some great buys and lots of memories. The timesaver award definitely goes to Mamaw who figured out that we could check out at the concession checkout at Target, saving us at least an hour of valuable shopping time!
We had our pictures made on Friday afternoon, then headed to the "young Carrolls" to see their awesome Christmas lights and enjoy some great burgers.
Saturday, we got Amanda a new toe ring (since hers had to be removed when she had her surgery) and initiated Aunt Cindy into the club. It was a rather painful experience for her, but she took one for the team and now has a beautiful toe ring to show for it!
All in all, we had a great time and made lots of memories. I wish I had more photos, but I was too busy just enjoying my time with everyone!
