On Thursday morning we drove to Parkton to Aunt Julie's house for the Fernandez Thanksgiving lunch. We had fun seeing all the family and eating everyone's best recipes. The crazy part, however, was that the turkey that Joey and Johnny deep-fried was eaten before I could get any! Aaron's cousin Casey was the first of many to play with Vivian. She is a great mom to Emma, the sweet, sweet girl sitting beside her. Emma will be 3 in a few months. Vivian loved to watch her play! All of the cousins sitting around the fire pit. It was a pretty mild day for the end of November, but notice how Ben is all wrapped up in the blanket...I think he said he was so used to being in the hot desert in Iraq that our 55-60 degrees is cold to him!

I found Abigail and Maria upstairs playing with their American Girls.The adults (if they dared) talked politics after lunch.

Peggy wanted to take a family picture for their Christmas card. Aunt Julie's house is in front of this beautiful lake!Siblings :)

I think Ben will be back from his deployment for good (at least for this time) in April. It was a fun afternoon, but Aaron and I left early to get to my dad's family's meal. I heard we missed a poker tournament for the men and Mary Kay facials for the women!