Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving Day we headed to Mema and Poppy's house for lunch.  We had a great time and ate PLENTLY of great food.  After lunch we bundled up and loaded up in Poppy's truck and headed to their 'farm' to hunt for the perfect Christmas tree for their house.  We had a lot of fun searching for the perfect tree, then watching them cut it down and load it up to take it back to the house.



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Amelia sizing up the tree.

Waiting for Poppy to cut the tree down.

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Our next scheduled Thanksgiving dinner wasn't until Saturday. So Friday, yes black Friday, we loaded up, and I say we, I mean Nathan and the kids and me and headed to Springfield.  We didn't get up early and head out, just whenever we got around.  We were only after a couple of specific things and much to my surpise they were still available when we got to the stores.  After a couple of hours shopping we had Amelia's late Birthday lunch, due to her being sick the day of her birthday, at Hinode, which the kids call 'the fire place'.
 

Hiding from the fire.



She really loves eating here and REQUESTED that the dragon come out for her birthday, but was scared at first. 

Saturday the weather was AMAZING!  We went to my Mom's house for more yummy food and fun family time. The kids were even able to play outside after lunch, that's how amazing the weather was.



Playing outside.



The older kids buried them.

After lunch and playtime at Nana's house we headed back to Mema and Poppy's house to decorate their Christmas tree.    



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Beautiful!

We are so blessed and so thankful to have all our family close and able to spend time with them.  I'm working hard to get caught up on the blog!!