Thanksgiving 2009

Most of today was spent preparing and eating food. Instead of having a Thanksgiving lunch, this year we had the big meal around 6 pm. Tom, Angie (Nancy's sister), Morgan, and Kiri were driving down from Ohio to surprise Grandma & Grandpa and we weren't sure what time they'd arrive. So we had a big breakfast...and then snacked on tons of food the rest of the day. I'm not sure how we still had room to eat a big dinner...but we did!

Barrett had fun helping Grammy make some Jello. He threw the marshmallows in the bowl for her.

The kids spent most of their time downstairs talking, laughing, eating, and watching football games. Here are Derek, Jared, Heidi, and Holly having a good 'ole time.

This was the first time the whole family has been together in many years. We were missing a few of Tom & Angie's kids, but everyone else was present and accounted for!

The dinner was delicious, but true to form, Barrett only ate a few bites. Then he crawled down under the table and played. I wondered what kind of view he had down there. Curious too? It was something like this...

As soon as we finished clearing off the table it was bedtime for our little ones. I snapped a picture of Kelly and Barrett before I took him to bed.

What a fun day full of joy and laughter. I'm so thankful for our family and can't wait to spend more time with them tomorrow!