I hope your
Thanksgiving was as
happy as Colby about to dig into his pie! Okay, so he didn't actually
eat the pie. He ate all of the
whipped cream off the top and left the pie. But he was excited nonetheless.
As usual, we had a great holiday with our families. The first couple of days were spent with Curt's family. We had a large family dinner on Thanksgiving day with aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, grandparents, nieces and nephews. It is always so good to get to spend time with everyone! Curt's grandpa was kind enough (as always) to have the dinner at his house. With the family as large as it has become, this is really the only place that will hold everyone. Here he is doing his traditional washing of the silverware after dinner.
Friday was spent at Curt's parents' house with his sisters and their families.
Poppy (Curt's dad) and Curt took the older cousins on a walk in the woods. Always a favorite activity! Here he is with
five of his
eight grandkids.
This is what happens to kids who don't
behave:
Of course I'm joking. Anyway, we had a wonderful time.
After our time was up there, we packed the car back up and headed to my parents' house to spend the rest of the weekend with my family. It is a much
smaller and quieter event, but
wonderful just the same. Ma Maw (my mom) and Colby got in some quality reading time.
Then my grandma, Grammy, joined us and my parents for a great second Thanksgiving feast.
When we awoke on Sunday morning we were
greeted with this:
My parents' house covered with the first snow!
Curt decided to shovel their driveway while I packed up our bags. Colby decided he was
big enough to help too.
While the boys were working and playing out in the snow, Chloe was playing in her
favorite spot. Under the chair.
I took a ton of photos, including some group pictures of the dinners, but none of them turned out very good. I was too distracted with my kids and all the
fabulous food to worry about getting great shots. Maybe next year...if the food is bad. :)
