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Thanksgiving in South Arkansas

Steve carving the turkey. "Carving".......he was cutting it for us. "Carving" sounds so proper.
Emily sitting with my favorite casserole-Hashbrown casserole!!!!!!!!!!!
Cousins on Thanksgiving night.
Sarah Kate with her cheesy smile! She was saying,"cheese!"
One of my best friends, Kelly came over with her kids. This is Logan and Lauren. My girls love to play with older kids!
Steve with Emily at his all time favorite place to eat- The Sandbar
My parents-Mary and Russell
Harper and her family joined us at the Sandbar. The girls had such a good time together.
Sarah Kate after a busy week. She was worn out.
On our way home we stopped at a gas station and saw this dog "driving" an 18 wheeler. Emily laughed and laughed. I told her that well behaved and specially trained dogs could drive trucks. I did not let her believe this for very long.

Comments

Sarah said…
I almost bought that Cutie Pie shirt that Sarah Kate is wearing for my little one!! So cute!

Do you have a recipe for the hashbrown casserole?? I have been looking for one forever!
1:24 PM
Charity said…
I need to know where SK gets those bows. I could SO rock them! And I am so not kidding either! I may be Midwestern but I love a good hairbow accessory!!!
1:42 PM
The Ormons said…
Happy Thanksgiving we missed yall. Can't wait to see yall Christmas. Yes please share the recipe.
2:56 PM
Lauren said…
Good Question from Charity... WHERE do you get those cute bows!??! :) Your girls always look so cute!
5:13 PM
Angela said…
Hey Laurie-
I occasionally jump to read your blog from Kelly's and I was looking at your blog tonight and had to call my husband in to look at a pic of yours- the pic in the last post where your husband and Emily are laying down looks IDENTICAL (except for the eye color) to my husband. Upright pics, they aren't twins, but even my husband said they really looked a like! Too funny!
5:14 PM
Jill said…
That last pic is hilarious!
5:25 PM
His Doorkeeper said…
Love the pic of Sarah Kate wiped out in the chair! Oh, to be able to sleep like that!!

Know ya'll had a great time with your family! Emily is so beautiful in her picture!
7:32 PM
How "Sweet" it is... said…
Beautiful girls!
8:34 AM
Nancy said…
I am officially addicted to several Arkansas blogs :) Yours being one of them!!
Happy Holidays!
12:08 PM
Sara Campbell said…
Your parents haven't changed a bit in 20 years!!! They look great. Laurie, Emily might drive drivin' a truck if you don't watch her.
5:12 PM
Alisha Harris said…
Laurie, I just wanted to let you know you inspired me to buy some sea monkeys and we've had them 3 days and they are doing good!! I didn't know that they had hatched and my husband got out the magnifier to look and they had!! this is the coolest thing ever!!
4:52 PM
Candis Berge said…
Dear Laurie, I just searched through blogs I have been reading to see who it was that posted that fabulous pot roast recipe and, or course, I now know it was your blog. First of all, thank you, it was DIVINE! Secondly, I have checked in on you and your darling family for a while; got started reading from Kelly's blog when Harper needed prayer and now I just love reading and following you southern gals! I think I should have been born a southern gal... now I'm a Minnesota grandma. :) Again, that pot roast is fabulous!!
6:20 PM
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