Thanksgiving fun

We had a fun Thanksgiving. We had a few families over from church. There were 29 of us all told, but it really wasn't as chaotic as it sounds...okay, yes it was! But let's face it what are the holidays without a little chaos! The meal was nice there was enough room and most the kids at outside anyway.

Dan took a couple of our kids to the Turkey Bowl that morning, where the young men proceeded to strip the old men of their dignity and beat them pretty badly. Our kids played at the park and enjoyed doing the same to one another--at least from all of the sand in their hair I figure there was some sort horseplay.

I stayed home and cooked with our friend Joyce Purcell. She was awesome and peeled and cut and mashed 15 pounds of potatoes (we probably only ate about 7 of them). But it was fun to have someone to make the final preparations with, this is kind of a tradition to spend Thanksgiving day with Joyce.

The kids ate almost nothing and terrorized the neighborhood--well not exactly, but... At one point I chase two toddlers down the block. At another point the neighbor lady asked the kids to please be quiet (although it was the middle of the day on Thanksgiving--come on!). Another neighbor brought back one of the toddlers. And at one point one of the toddlers had gone into a neighbor's house and Danya couldn't get him out and in the process let their dog out (did I mention she was dogsitting!) Whew! I don't know that I will do that again for awhile! But the kids had a blast and really enjoyed themselves!


That being said, when I wasn't chasing one year olds, the company was very pleasant and I had a great time visiting with friends. The weather was beautiful outside and at one point the men were out throwing the ball with the kids and the women were out visiting. Everything turned out very nice. I had a lot to be thankful for!

We put up a couple of swings in the yard and the kids played on them almost the whole time. Caleb especially has wanted to be out on the swing almost everyday. For the Corier side: it is like the rope swings by the parking lot at Camp Bethel.


Well, since I know blogs are only as good as the picture they narrate, i will include some of those as well. I only have a couple, they don't quite do the day justice!