Thanksgiving in Texas.

Before and after the cruise we were able to spend 2.5 days with Landon's mom (Suzette), her husband (Jason), and Landon's little brother (Dawsen).

Even though we only had a short time with them, we had the best time!

We arrived in Flower Mound on Thanksgiving morning. The boys played outside while Suzette made dinner and I kept her company. I love hanging out with her SO much. We are more like best friends than mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. I am so lucky!

I loved watching Landon play with his Dawsen. They have always been so close and you can just see how much they love each other. It's the cutest thing.

I love Dawsen's face in this one :) He was laughing so hard.

At dinner we went around the table saying what we are thankful for and of course everyone's response focused on family :)

I forgot to take a picture of the yummy feast, but how cute are the plates?!

After a delicious meal we went to the elementary school behind their house and played football. Oh my gosh it was SOOOO fun! I don't even like football but we just laughed and had such a good time. Landon played the "all-time quarterback" so he played on both teams when it was their turn to be offense. Jason and Suzette were a team and then Dawsen and me were a team. I am not athletic at all and dropped the ball (literally) quite a few times. I mostly just ran around and tried to pretend like I knew what I was doing. But, the funniest part of the day was when team Flores (Jason and Suzette) kept trying to do a blitz and would come really close to Landon. So he would say "shotgun" meaning he could take a few steps back to get some space. Suzette wasn't allowed to go any closer but without fail EVERY time she followed him and crossed the line. Oh my gosh! She was just SO serious and thought she was doing the right thing FOUR times. We were all dying from laughing! I wish I would've taken pictures! Ugh!!!

That night we played apples to apples together and by the end of the day our tummies hurt from all the laughing.

On Friday we had a fun day at the mall and went to lunch at In-N-Out. The malls in Texas are HUGE and we love walking around them. I seriously was not very good at taking pictures...

After the cruise we came back to Dallas to see it had been completely frozen over. It was a slap in the face after our warm, sunny, paradise. I have never seen anything like it! The drive from Houston was SO scary and we had to drive pretty slow. There were so many cars on the side of the road that had been in accidents or just been abandoned and they were covered in caution tape. It was so crazy. The roads were just covered with SOLID ice.

this picture doesn't really do it justice. This was on the freeway and everything you can see is just thick ice.

Back in Flower Mound we had to use an extension cord to get all our luggage and ourselves up the iced over driveway! Then we took turns sliding down and trying to climb back up. Sooooo much fun!!!!

even though the driveway just looks like it's covered in snow--don't be fooled. It was ICE.

That night we played the game "Things" and if you've never played this game you need to. It is HILARIOUS and again we were all dying from laughing!

After the game we bundled up to go on a walk and even though there were a few falls trying to walk on the ice, I'm really glad we went. I love my second family so much.

Thanks for the amazing time Suzette, Jason, and Dawsen! We love and miss you so much!

The DFW airport the day we flew home. Our flight was delayed but most flights were cancelled. I can't believe we made it home!