Gobble, Gobble...

I am so proud of myself for getting these Thanksgiving pictures up before Christmas :) So, is this what your holidays look like with your family? These pictures pretty much sum up what every Mauceli family holiday looks like....








Exciting, huh?!?!? We spent Thanksgiving this year in Jackson at my cousin David's house. It was a lot of fun, although you'd never guess that from the pictures! Pretty much all of holidays include lots of energy and cooking and drinking and visiting, and then once everyone eats, things seem to get a little bit horizontal! We had a blast visiting with all of my aunts and uncles and cousins, and it was fun for everyone to see how big Stella has gotten.

David pretending to play with SG when he's actually texting some girl, somewhere in America...

Stella and her Godmother :)

Eventually SG passed out just like everyone else!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving Everybody!

Lots of Halloween Fun...

Chris and I LOVE Halloween- it is our absolute favorite holiday! This probably stems from the years of Panic shows over Halloween weekend in New Orleans that are some of our most fun memories ever. With the arrival of little Stella Belle, we had a whole new kind of Halloween fun this year. Here are some pictures of our week long celebration...

Chris won first place in the costume contest at work! He was a mummy (minus the guaze in this picture)- his department dressed up and performed Thriller!

One of several Halloween outfits :)

Another cute Halloween outfit!

SG loves Halloween too!

Pop and Bella took SG to pick out her first pumpkin!

Me and my pumpkin :)

Stella is lucky to have a cousin who adores her as much as sweet Lilly does!

Happy Halloween!

Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You...

Yes, we're 1 1/2 weeks away from Christmas and I am posting Halloween pictures. Timeliness has always been one of my best qualities :) We took SG to Nashville to trick-or-treat with her cousins, Trip and Lilly, and we had a blast! They have the best neighborhood ever to trick-or-treat in. Everyone goes all out decorating their houses, and the home owners even dress up in costumes to give out candy. We dressed up as the Scooby Doo gang and were a hit everywhere we went. It was a blast!

Scooby, Velma, and Daphne before work/school on Halloween day!

Fred and Scrappy at the neighborhood ice cream store that was giving away FREE ice cream!

The best neighborhood house- Beauty and the Beast were waltzing on the porch, and the tea pot and Snow White handed out candy!

The scariest house!

Scrappy hitching a ride in the Mystery Machine!


The cutest Scooby and Velma ever :)


The whole gang!
Fred, GrandGhost, Scrappy, Shaggy, Daphne, Mystery Machine, Scooby, and Velma
As you can tell, it was quite chaotic trying to get a group picture at the end of the night!

Meme and the cousins pooped out after a night of trick-or-treating

Very Scooby family portrait :)