Braden: Celebrating in the Sand

With so much to be thankful for, it's difficult to know where to start. We have wonderful family, great friends, and countless blessings everyday. God has been so generous to us and we are so appreciative! Our Thanksgiving tradition is to spend the long weekend in Glamis, camping in the sand dunes. We enjoyed sunny days, relaxing with friends.

Braden pretended to enjoy his turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans. He was over the whole traditional Thanksgiving feast idea pretty quickly though! Ok, so it may not look exactly like a feast, but we did have the standard Thanksgiving staples and it was plenty for just the three of us!

Where's the beach!?? With the 80 degree weather, spending the holiday by the shore would have been wonderful! Braden was perfectly content with all the sand in Glamis though.

Braden enjoyed hangin' with the older kids, Wyatt and Payton. He was such a dirtball all weekend and loved every minute of it!

Zooming by on his quad, Braden flashed a grin. He did a great job cruising around on his quad....except when he was slightly distracted and rode right into the big fire pit in our camp. Thank God there was no fire burning at the time! He flew right over the handle bars and landed face first in the sand! Braden seemed just slightly shaken up, but didn't even shed a single tear!!

Cruising around in the dune buggy was one of the highlights of the trip for Braden. This car goes really fast through the dunes and is very loud. He loved it! Like father, like son....

All the playing made Braden pretty tired! He was just kicking back and relaxing a bit.

This picture might explain why Matt is insistent that Braden gets a haircut. He could give Donald Trump a run for his money!

We finally got to meet our friends' daughter, Stella. This darling little princess didn't seem to fit in with all her pink and frills! Hopefully she learns to love the desert one day like her parents!