Thanksgiving in Arkansas

We went to Arkansas to see Allen's extended family for Thanksgiving. As promised, I have pictures of cats and guns! I can't help it. Where else can you drive just a few miles from the house and shoot stuff!? And where else do you walk out the back door and see so many cats just waiting to see you!?

We arrived on Thursday and had Thanksgiving dinner at Bob and Joyce's place. It was crowded but MMMMMM it was good food! Alex also met his cousin Preston for the first time on Thursday. Normally, Alex sees himself in the mirror, so seeing Preston really threw him. I think he could not figure out why this kid looked nothing like the kiddo he normally sees, and why doesn't this kid do everything he does?

We got up and took our time getting ready Friday. We went to lunch with Allen's parents and then headed back to Granny's. Granny does have some cats outside this year, but not as many as before. She did have three kittens that were just adorable and I wanted to take home. Allen would hear nothing of it. Poor kitties, they were so small and it was so cold........ Then we jumped in the truck to go do some target practice. It was cold and raining but, you can't sit around all day! (Notice the RED Arkansas mud on the ground. You want nooooo part of that.

We drove home on Saturday, and here I sit, updating the blog, watching Alex play. Alex is getting very close to crawling. He can go backwards right now. And he rocks back and forth a lot. I am guessing that within 2 weeks, he'll be crawling around.

I leave you with some pictures and video!

Smiley Boy!

Preston

As soon as you get there, the cats jump on your car because it is so warm!

Begging to take kitties home.

Too bad Allen didn't actually catch the lid flying off!

(I would upload the video of Allen's target practice but it is loaded with profanities so, I decided against it!)

This kid is almost always happy!