We headed over to the ranch to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to be out there with everyone! Maddie got to meet all her Saunders aunts, uncles, and cousins, as well as all the McCutcheons. She loved all the attention, that's for sure!
For Thanksgiving, I dressed up my little doll in the cutest Thanksgiving tutu and bow! I just couldn't pass it up when I saw it online. We spent Thanksgiving day in the best way - with family! We cooked, ate until we were about to burst, and cleaned up and hung out. It was really a wonderful holiday!
The day after Thanksgiving, we took some Saunders family pictures, because we realized that all the pictures we had were from everyone's weddings, and it was time for new pictures with three new additions to the family this year! It was a lot of fun trying to wrangle all the babies, haha. But we ended up with a few good ones so we are happy. On Friday, we also had a little "girls day" where Jen, Aubrey, and I went to town, did a little shopping and went to lunch. It was SO nice to get away and leave all the babies at home with their daddies. I know that I DEFINITELY needed to do that, and enjoyed spending time with my sisters. :)
Dad and Michala drove in on Friday night, because we had planned to bless Maddie on that Sunday. So, Saturday we spent all day at the Carlsbad Caverns - Michala and Maddie went for the first time! Dad and Michala ended up getting lost and running through the Big Room in order to make it to the King's Palace Tour on time. They did it - the Big Room normally takes about 45 minutes to an hour to walk through, and they did it in about 15! They were running fast! Maddie did really well... James wore her and she pretty much slept the entire time, except when I fed her down in the underground lunch room.
Sunday was a beautiful day. Madelynn got to wear the blessing dress made from my mom's wedding dress, and she looked so pretty and precious. James gave her a beautiful blessing, filled with wonderful promises for her to look forward to in this life and the next. Maddie was so good too - she didn't make a peep during the whole blessing! I feel so grateful that we were able to have so much of our family there, although we greatly missed those that couldn't make it!
After church on Sunday we decided to take some "ranch pictures," as it was Madelynn's first trip to the ranch! She loved being outside there and seeing all of the animals.
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| Obligatory family Thanksgiving picture |
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| But seriously, how cute is this outfit?? |
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| Maddie and her cousin, Olivia. They aren't much different in size although Olivia is 7 months older! :) |
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| Sittin' on a tractor, no big deal. |
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