thanksgiving in the homeland!

we have so much to be thankful for this year. it was easy to be happy this thanksgiving, as we shared it with our wonderful families in the great state of oklahoma!

we left wednesday for tulsa to be with my family. there are now sixteen of us with my two brothers and their families, my parents, and the three of us. we had a great time watching all the nieces and nephews adore link. he had so much fun cooing and smiling at all of them. what a fun group of cousins he has that will be surrounding him his whole life with so much love. we also got to see some of our dearest family friends, the taylors, and meet their newest addition, austin. austin was born just ten days before link. his dad, wes, and i have been friends since we were born. our moms gave baby showers for each of us and the families have been very close ever since. it was special to have us all together, too!

we left on friday afternoon after the visit with the taylors and headed to oklahoma city to meet up with jay's family at meme's house. we had a wonderful time celebrating our future nephew or niece with the pritchard family and judd and jacque! so exciting. meme's house is always full of so much love and GREAT food...always a wonderful place to be, always so at home at meme's.

saturday morning we got up and headed to norman for link's first OU game. i don't think it was a coincidence that OU dominated and completely shut out their in-state rivals, OSU, on his first trip to owen field. yes, OU beat okie state 27-0! it was awesome. link was such a trooper and we had a great time showing him around norman. such fun!!!!

we have so much to be thankful for in 2009 - two wonderful years of marriage, our sweet baby boy, our sweet pups (still celebrating the life of our sweet norman), our families, our health, and most of all, our Savior. thank you, God for your many blessings. we look forward to a joyous holiday season (even spent the day putting up the tree and decking the halls!)!!

austin and link, chillin.

sweet addison, austin's big sis, telling the boys what's up!

link, screaming along with the fans...OOOOOOO U!

the pritchard family at owen field - go sooners!

pritchard boys and meme

papa, carter, and link - bonding

caroline, mckenzie, link, and me taking a nap in tulsa