Thanksgiving

It is undoubtedly my favorite holiday of the year.  The one time of the year when all of the family comes home.  And food....Have I mentioned that I love to cook?  This year we did not go overboard with the food, though.  We are learning that no matter how good it is, eating rich, "special" foods for an entire weekend is gluttony... and makes you feel icky.  Especially when you get on the scales the Monday morning afterwards.

This year we flipped celebration days.  Hubby's birthday is the 23rd, which was Friday, and Thanksgiving is on Thursday, but the kids were all driving in on Thursday so couldn't be sure of arrival time (toddler and an infant in a car for 9+hours???).  So Grandpa's birthday celebration was Thursday night after everyone arrived, and we did our Turkey Feast on Friday.

It was a lovely weekend and fun with kids.  Now I am just going to insert a bunch of photos.

assembling a Gingerbread House kit

Being busy like daddy (in the other room)

Uncle's boots fit!

Brothers

Uncle loves to cook, too. It was a delicious bird!

Playing with Daddy's farm toys

We play games

Uncle/nephew consultation on game.

He loves Granny's harp!

All together.  That's the best part!

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