Thanksgiving 2012, or, a Ward Family Get-Together

This year, Alan's parents hosted Thanksgiving in North Little Rock.  Both of Alan's brothers were able to come, and the cousins got to hang out.  It was so sweet, when we pulled up, Jonah and Mattie (our nephew and niece) were standing in the doorway watching for us, and I could hear them both saying, "It's Baby Jones!"  They all refer to the J-Man as Baby Jones, and even though he's not really a baby anymore, he's still the baby among this crew of cousins.  We had a nice time visiting with everybody, and Thanksgiving lunch was, of course, awesome.

The following are what you get when you combine a 5 year old, an almost-3-year old, and a 20 month old and try to get a picture of all three at the same time:

 

They're all smiling in this one!

 

Sweet Mattie - she wanted to pose with her arm around Jones.  Jones, the little toot, wasn't having it.

 

They are all so totally over the picture-taking ...

 

Mattie and Grandma Betty (check out Mattie's cute pigtails :o))

Jones and Grandpa

 



Uncle Patrick, Aunt Sarah, Mattie, and Jones ... alas, this was the best picture we could get at this point ... Jones really wanted to go outside (so did Mattie), so they were not interested in anything else.

 



 

Petting Grandma and Grandpa's new dog, Missy.  Jones has learned what "gentle" means.  When he starts whacking on Aug or Layla, you say, "Jones, be gentle" and he immediately starts petting them softly.  If you tell him to be gentle in any other context, he will rub himself on the tummy softly, so as to demonstrate "gentle".  He did well with Missy, and she did well with all of the kids - she seems to be a sweet little dog.

 

Happy Thanksgiving from the Wards!