Thanksgiving

As many of you know I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Thanksgiving. Mostly because we all cram into one room and sit and enjoy each other. This is what is usually happening the majority of the time, just hanging out being together.

I think grampa prefers it when there is snow on the ground by Thanksgiving - that way he can get out the snowmobile and take the kids on rides. They love going on the bump and over the canal.

The talent show is always a highlight. Jacee and Jasmin doing an original dance to Justin Beiber's Baby. This year it seemed to be the Jacee/Jasmine/Nia/Tayler show. The best was when they put on a skit about how grama and grama met. According to them grama was quite forward and making quite the moves on grampa!

Nia on clarinet while Jacee and Jasmine sang.

Jack also did an original performance to Justin Beiber's Baby. He had some sweet moves!

I think he was channeling his father's days as a break dancer.

Just more general silliness.

We always keep some ramen noodles handy for when my picky children won't eat anything.

Maddie and Kiera. She finally warmed up to some of the older cousins.

SiSi and Jada.

Jacee and Jasmin sporting some ill-gotten loot from Grama's jewelry box. I hope she can find all her jewelry that was sported by her granddaughters during the weekend.

More of the aforementioned jewelry.

Some of the more hearty stock of the family.

Love just being together and strengthening family bonds. I will mention that things were a bit off. Two families couldn't make it and it just seemed weird all weekend. Everyone got a room at the house, there was leftover turkey on Friday (something unheard of in these parts) and the treats seemed to never run out. We sure missed the Steadmans and Ackermans!

We did get snowed in and didn't leave Idaho until Monday afternoon. After trying to figure out what to do, we all just sat back, played some games and enjoyed each other for one more night.

Sure do love our family!