After a long drive to Pittsburgh, we were excited to see Grandma Shannon, Grandpa Steve, Erin and Ryan! After a yummy dinner the guys went to see a movie and the kids and I fell fast asleep. The next day was Thanksgiving! Alec really wanted to go for a hike with Grandpa so off they went to explore away part of the morning.
Elyssa had a great time building a magnatiles tower that touched the ceiling with Ryan. Poor Cordy just happened to be the one to knock it down on accident and it scared her to pieces. Then the kids made treasure maps with sharpies, scissors, and old paper bags before heading out for some test drives with Erin and Ryan's mini Mini Cooper. We learned there is a very good reason why small children don't get to drive cars. :-)
After some nice naps we all got ready for the big feast. It was fun to have my cousin Scott, Tiffanee and their little girl, Aspen, along with my cousin Jared and his beautiful wife, Chelsea all there to celebrate with us along with Ryan's brother and a few of their friends.
Erin and Ryan were wonderful, gracious hosts for the occasion, and had everything set up perfectly.
I'm not usually a big fan of traditional thanksgiving food, but I must say all the food I ate was delicious!
The entire table, full of family and friends, a reminder of so much that we have to be thankful for this day and every day.
Happy Thanksgiving!
3 comments:
I love 18-person Thanksgiving dinners, but next time I'm going to hire help.
I am jealous you got to be with Jared and Chelsea for Thanksgiving. I miss them A LOT!!!!!! I am pretty sure I missed out on the Thanksgiving shopping this year as well...the deals just aren't sexy enough for me to want to deal with all the people and their madness.
Erin, you did a fabulous job!
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