Thanksgiving plus more

Did you forget about us? I’ve been really slacking on this blogging thing. I usually have about 80 blog posts in a year. I don’t know how that happens, but it does. 78, 79, 80….. and this year, 51. Don’t be so glum about it. I plan on posting 30 times in the next month to catch up.
Kidding.
But seriously, the thought did cross my mind.

Anyhoo, here I am.
And we had a great Thanksgiving break that I want to share…

My Dad usually spends Thanksgiving with us, and we had high hopes that he could visit again. But it didn’t work out. We sure missed him though. (yes, I question what we are doing living over here… daily). But, we have some amazing friends who invited us over. We spent Thanksgiving day in the company of so many great people! And my kids were surrounded by friends to play with.  
 

The Burkhart’s hosted all of us. The adult table (where no one is sitting by their spouses)…

The kid’s table…

And the babies…

The food was delicious! I ate my first FRIED turkey and it was to die for. My favorite part of the turkey is the skin (I know, gross huh… I don’t expect to live too long). I was in Heaven just looking at all the fried skin. The big question is… why haven’t I had a fried turkey before this year?

After eating MUCH more food than I could possibly hold, we all headed to the park to eat some pie and visit more, while the kids ran their energy out.

My pie eaters… still in turkey coma’s.

Our family

The next day we headed out to get ourselves a Christmas tree. We searched hi and low for a tree farm that had decent looking fir trees. Nothing. Evidently, those type trees don’t grow in the soil here. So, we were looking at a 4 hour drive. We opted to buy a pre-cut tree down the street. I spent the rest of the day with a frown, until I realized that the kids didn’t care…. they just wanted to decorate!

Since this is Kennedy’s first Christmas, she got to put up the tree topper. She had no idea what to do, so she did was she does best… and ate it.
So close…
   

Then the kids got busy decorating. Oh, you noticed that huge light fixture? Yes, this is our dining room. No, we don’t have a dining table. Just a tree.

Shawn took a bunch of pictures of the kids and I hanging ornaments. This blurry one was the most flattering.

I love how I have to spent twice as long to re-distribute all of the ornaments after they’ve been hung. My kids are big on ‘bunching’, and hanging in strange places. For instance, this poor soldier who made it onto the tree, but never left the ground…
 

All finished and ready for Christmas!