thanksgiving break

yay!! first post with pictures from new laptop!!
this week was thanksgiving break. it was a blast. here's some shots from the week with the fam... starts off in the resort just chillin, jonathan taught anna and i the electric slide... here they are gettin their groove on. :)

next up: my favorite mommy face (NOT!) it's the "i said... go make your bed NOW!"
ha ha. love you mommers. :)

we went to chicago wednesday and had a great time...
this is the fam at chipotle. yummy lucious! :)

aj and me
hey sissy, i'm really sorry i never let you braid my hair. i really did want you to do that. i forgot... i was gonna have you do it today before we left so i could have it now... christmas time please?

we went up the sears tower... that was awesome.
here's cabes and me at the top of the world!!

the sunset was amazing... i wish i could figure out how to use my camera to give God's handiwork justice. it was breathtaking! :)

ha and then caleb gave jonathan a piggy back ride!! jonathan didn't think caleb could handle him! :)

mmm... egg rolls and starbucks across the street from barnes and noble in chi-town!

mom got up at the crack of dawn and slaved away over the hot oven to produce for us the most AMAZING thanksgiving feast ever!! chicken and stuffing, mashed potatoes, hawaiian chicken, sweet potatoe casserole, green beans, corn, salad, biscuits, and apple pie. it was fabulous and i think i gained like 30 million pounds! :)

we got home from chicago at 2am thursday night... and then dad and i left at 3:30am for findlay... black friday shopping... we went to best buy to see if we could find a computer. we didn't find one there, but we did get an amazing deal and now i'm all set for egypt!! thanks dad... that was a blast!!! there were people EVERYWHERE!!!

friday afternoon i wasn't a very big help, but i did help set up the christmas tree with anna. here i am hiding in it...

and here anna is the star!


then saturday we went up to aunt mary ann's house to spend the day celebrating thanksgiving with all those burkey's and grandma who is very sick with cancer. it was really good to see everybody! here's everyone... except mark... he couldn't make it because he was super sick.

this is me and lydia (or as i like to say: lydi bug)... we are the biggest and littlest girl burkey cousins. and i love her sooo much!! isn't she adorable? i'm jealous of her red locks. :)

and here's me and my gramma burkey. she looks super good for not feeling so well.

on our way home we stopped in ft. wayne to visit grandma nelson. here's mom and her momma!

me and my grandma nelson :)

and here's the four of us with grandma

this morning after lunch anna needed some pictures for her myspace, so jonathan got out his laptop and we had some fun with his mac. not bad pics if i do say so myself... and check out that hot little sister of ours!! :)