On Thanksgiving morning the pilgrims and the Indians had a great feast... of pipe cleaner corn.
Then on our way up to Grammy and Grampy's we sang (kind of) Over the River and Through the Woods, which I always thought was a Christmas song (you know, they are riding on a sleigh!) until, actually last year. This is a great book to get all the words and some very classic illustrations. We enjoyed it.
And at Thanksgiving we played and played and had a fabulous time. This was probably the best Thanksgiving I can remember. The entire Mock family was there, hence the family photos. It just felt like Thanksgiving. Everything was perfect. Marlies might disagree because the Turkey took 7 1/2 hours to cook so we didn't officially eat until 6:00 pm, but hey! That's an improvement from last year. And I don't think anybody minded. We were all too busy having a fabulous time. It really was wonderful. The house was just filled with the spirit of gratitude, family, and love. It was wonderful. (and Barett taught me how to play Thurn and Taxis, and then I beat him at it. but in his defense, although he didn't realize what he was doing, he essentially let me win. Anyway, that was fun too.)
Family Photo - and yes, there was an announcement and there is another baby on it's way - mid June, 2012
More relaxing - except the people working busily in the kitchen
Heidi and Barett reading from the Thankful Turkey - Derek supervising (editing his "thankfuls" for political correctness)
Bruce, Barett's dad, reading from the other Thankful Turkey
Joshua trying to stuff all the Thankfuls back in
A delicious dinner. This really was so fun. We had 21 people all together and I loved every minute of it.
And here are the last of our turkey's. This one Abigail made in nursery.
These the kids made with their babysitter, who is fabulous!
This one held our "Thankfuls" that we opened and read during Thanksgiving.
And these the kids made actually last week at Story Time at the library, which is also fabulous.
Then on our way up to Grammy and Grampy's we sang (kind of) Over the River and Through the Woods, which I always thought was a Christmas song (you know, they are riding on a sleigh!) until, actually last year. This is a great book to get all the words and some very classic illustrations. We enjoyed it.
And at Thanksgiving we played and played and had a fabulous time. This was probably the best Thanksgiving I can remember. The entire Mock family was there, hence the family photos. It just felt like Thanksgiving. Everything was perfect. Marlies might disagree because the Turkey took 7 1/2 hours to cook so we didn't officially eat until 6:00 pm, but hey! That's an improvement from last year. And I don't think anybody minded. We were all too busy having a fabulous time. It really was wonderful. The house was just filled with the spirit of gratitude, family, and love. It was wonderful. (and Barett taught me how to play Thurn and Taxis, and then I beat him at it. but in his defense, although he didn't realize what he was doing, he essentially let me win. Anyway, that was fun too.)
shrimp dip
Brant babysitting - doing a good job
relaxing
More relaxing - except the people working busily in the kitchen
And here are the last of our turkey's. This one Abigail made in nursery.
These the kids made with their babysitter, who is fabulous!
This one held our "Thankfuls" that we opened and read during Thanksgiving.
And these the kids made actually last week at Story Time at the library, which is also fabulous.
ohhh exciting, who si he lucky couple? (or is it still a secret to the rest of the world?) looks like a great family time! what an amazing house!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's Tyler and Becca, I don't know if you know them yet. It's their first, so we are all very excited for them!
ReplyDeleteAww wow congrats to them! i 'know' them through facebook but we've not really chatted yet. still very exciting :) thanks for sharing :)
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