Thanksgiving

Since it was our turn to go to West Virginia for Christmas this year, we weren't expecting to have any family around for Thanksgiving (besides Timmy!). But then Mom, Dad, Stephen, Claudia & kids decided to make the drive and we ended up with a very fun house full!

Tauriel & Elise did much better this time.

Maybe there's hope for a friendship in the next year?

It's been a very cold fall, but we opted to head to Annie's Playground on the warmest day.

The kids did eventually shed most of their layers after running around.

Bonding over Tauriel's goldfish crackers.

My three assistant pie-makers.

They did a great job!

Plus it's always more fun to have helpers in the kitchen.

Our original plan was to join forces with the Knoxes and Uhligs for Thanksgiving. Thankfully our friends are awesome and were willing to add an extra eight Bloods to the plans! As I expected, everyone got along beautifully, even if Paul never did manage to convince Eowyn that they were really best friends at first sight. 

The bigger little kids table (toddlers were closer to the adults)

Bente brought a fabulous craft for the kids: clementine turkeys!

Post-feast nap on the Knoxes' chair. 

Aaron & Eowyn were always willing to help eat the food.

I'm still just happy Eowyn actually talks to me: that's a rare thing!

We loved spending the week holding Ethan's chubbiness, playing lots of games (yes, we survived another round of Blood Rage with Stephen), and letting the kids run wild. Hopefully Dad survived being constantly cold in our house and not having football games to watch. We'll see if he will still come visit us in the winter again...