Thanksgiving with Family

Thanksgiving is always fun when family gathers together. This year, we were lucky to have everyone here. We had friends join us as well. My house is little, so I reserved the church. They kids were able to play basketball, volleyball, watch movies, play board games, etc. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the food was really good. 

Thanksgiving 2017

Thanksgiving at Grandma and Papa's house was amazing. The food was delicious and the kids got to help cook. Lexi's apple pie tasted like a regular one with sugar. 

Pie Prep for Thanksgiving

We are spending the week at Grandma's for Thanksgiving. We also happen to be dog sitting - Tutti and Lucy, which is always something that Lexi likes. 

Riding on Papa's golf cart

Lexi helped Grandma make a sugar-free apple pie today. They used frozen concentrate instead of sugar. It looks delicious. 

Thanksgivingish

Since I didn't manage to take pictures yesterday on Thanksgiving, I thought I would snap of few this morning of Lexi and Lucy. This is basically what she did all day yesterday too. She LOVES this dog. 

4th Grade Thankful Party

The school Thanksgiving parties were today. They call them Thankful parties. I guess that is an effort to be politically correct, but it is obviously a Thanksgiving party.

Charades

Musical Chairs

Thanksgiving 2014

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had been invited to spend it with friends that have kids the same age as Lexi & Jordan.  

Kids' Table

Lexi & Lauren

After dinner, the kids went outside to jump on the trampoline and play.  Later, they had a disco karaoke party upstairs.

Happy Thanksgiving 2013!

We had a great Thanksgiving.  We were headed to the place where we were eating when I got a text that they were running late.  Since I was just in charge of a veggie tray and a fruit tray, I decided that we should stop at a park.  That way, the kids could get some of their energy out and soak up a little sun.   

Here we are playing games at the place we went to for dessert.  It is always great to be surrounded by friends.  I always wish I had taken more photos.  I did horribly with that this year.  This was the only one and it isn't even clear.

This morning, we took pictures for our Christmas card.  This was the best one:

Thanksgiving 2012

With my kids feeling ill this week, I wasn't sure we would make it to our Thanksgiving celebration with friends.  Fortunately, neither of them were horrible even though they were both not themselves today.  Lexi's eyes were watery and irritated all day.  She also doesn't have her appetite back yet.  We all enjoyed being around our friends though.  Lexi even helped with the veggie tray (made into a turkey).  

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The kids' granddad & dad hung out at the house while we cooked a few dishes including sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. Actually, Lexi insisted on making the pumpkin pie. It was very tasty. We took the food over to our friends' house (the Feils) for a great dinner. We always have a good time with them.

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday. In fact, the kids are still talking about it. Mainly, they enjoyed Grandma's guest, Adrian. He works with her. Lexi and Jordan completely adore him and got to spend more time with him yesterday than they ever have before.

Lexi has also pointed out several times that she used her best manners during dinner. She even tells us that she remembered to say "please and no thank you." There is always somethings that kids don't want to eat and we let her get away with it yesterday. She does pretty well, but was not interested in the green beans or stuffing. Of course, the apple cranberry pie with vanilla ice cream was her favorite part of the meal.

Thanksgiving Craft

Yesterday, I pulled out a Thanksgiving craft that I had bought for the kids to do. They had so much fun gluing the pieces together. Lexi loved drawing the faces onto her stick people.