Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving morning was spent preparing the food for our meal.  The rolls weren't rising very fast so I set them in front of the fireplace and that did the trick

 Melissa set the table for our meal.  She even folded napkins in the shape of turkeys and hats.

 My brother Derek was our special guest.

 Megan and Melissa did this funny pose.

 The food was delicious!  Megan made the cute name tags.

 Derek took this photo of our family.

We played a fun thankfulness game as we ate and learned a lot about each other.We took turns pulling little papers out of a bowl and then went around the table answering them.  For instance:
*Who is someone in our extended family that you are thankful for
*What a place you go that you are thankful for
*What is  a technology that you are thankful for
*What is a toy that you are thankful for
*What is a dessert that you are thankful for
*What is an animal you are thankful for (cow was a favorite because it makes such good food)

After eating our lunch and taking a fun walk through the neighborhood with Derek, we met up with my brother Barrett's family at his in-laws house nearby.  My girls had a fun time running around with their cousins.

I enjoyed visiting with the adults and then took this photo with my brother Derek before saying good bye to him.

On Friday we had Scott's sister Laura and her family over to play and eat lunch with us.  Nathan had fun playing legos with his cousin.  He made the 2 thumbs up sign so it must have been really good.

 The girls had fun playing twister with their girl cousins.

Saturday brought a little snow to Washington.  We can't wait until it snows again and there is even more to play in.

Today I am thankful that:
*We have a warm house on these cold winter days
*We have family that lives nearby to spend the holidays with
*My kids get so excited about decorating for Christmas.  We put the tree up on Thanksgiving and I have slowly been putting up the rest.