Thanksgiving

I keep telling myself that I need to blog… Somehow it never happens.  I will try to update the past two months in three posts.  We’ll see how it goes.  For the record, I have almost no pictures on my camera for the past two months.  My blogging definitely improves the more I have my camera out, and lately, I haven’t had it out much.  Thus, I will steal many pictures from my siblings blogs.  Thanks in advance!

This year for Thanksgiving, Leonard had to work.  We decided to wait to celebrate until Friday because he had the day off that day.  I called Markell to see if she and Andre wanted to come celebrate for us and they thought that would be great.  They came as soon as Andre was finished with school – AND officially a graduate of University of Idaho, I might add – and arrived on Wednesday evening.  They brought their two cute kids and we had a great time.  We were also dog-sitting Neil and Kay’s new springer puppy.  With six kids (three under 2), four adults, two dogs, and a cat – we had a houseful!

Andre spent Thursday walking around the woods looking for a deer.  Thursday night, Markell and I braved the crowds and did a little early Christmas shopping.  Even though it’s crazy, it’s so fun!  Plus, it’s never as crazy as it is shopping with all four of my kids in tow.  With no children, we actually got a lot done!  We climbed into bed about 1:00 in the morning, feeling successful with our purchases.

Friday morning Leonard and Andre went hunting together.  They were trying to get Andre a deer to fill his freezer.  We were happy when they called late morning, saying they were successful.  It was a pretty nice buck that Andre shot and they were pretty pleased.

That afternoon we had our Thanksgiving dinner.  It was fun to prepare it with help from Markell and Kaydra.  We used all my Christmas dishes since we wouldn’t be here for Christmas – got to use them sometime!

 

That night we braved the crowds in Coeur d’Alene for the annual Thanksgiving parade and lighting ceremony.  They had a parade downtown followed by a walk to the park, candle lighting, and fireworks.  Then they light up all the trees in the park.  It was cold, but the kids seemed to like it – except for the babies – I’m pretty sure they thought we were crazy! 

We relaxed on Saturday, had homemade turkey soup and just let the kids play.  We also found time to make some swags to hand on the door for Christmas.  Then on Sunday, Markell and Andre headed back home.  We were glad they decided to spend their holiday with us.   Come again soon!