Giving Thanks

This was my first Thanksgiving outside of Florida in many, many years and it sure was weird! Thankfully, a large chunk of the Tobler-clan gathered in Houston to celebrate the holiday. While we spent Thanksgiving Day in the car (which was a total bummer), we had plenty of fun over the weekend!

We spent one day at Kemma Boardwalk, enjoying walking the boardwalk and riding the rides.

Presley was especially excited about the carousel…

…and the airplane ride. Every time our little plane went up, she'd tell me we were "flying to Florida"!

Presley wasn't so sure about having to share Grampa Karl. But, Grampa didn't seem to mind all of the little girls clamoring for his attention!

We had a fun ride on the choo-choo train. Presley really enjoyed cruising the Boardwalk on the train while eating her snacks.

We also spent a day out a cute little park right on Galveston Bay. It reminded us so much of Florida and it was so nice to enjoy the sunshine and the beautiful view!

Presley was very curious about a lady bug that made itself comfortable on Gramma Jan.

Our last morning there, Violet, Lucia and Ben's elf arrived to kick-off the Christmas season. He brought the girls chocolate for breakfast. Presley was thrilled (and I was grateful to give her a multivitamin to make up for it).

The boys got all gussied up to bless Ben. A pretty handsome crew!

And in what can only be described as herding cats…we attempted to get a picture with all of the cousins in the matching Christmas outfits Janet kindly gave them. This is the best we got. Our sweet little Presley just sat there smiling the whole time. We were very proud.

We started a new tradition this year with a "thankful tree." Every night we each wrote down something we were thankful for on a leaf and added it to our tree. It was such a fun way to help us remember how blessed we are. We truly have much to be thankful for!