It's Thanks-GIVING!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving has always been a favorite of my families, especially my dad. That's where the the phrase "It's Thanks-GIVING!!!!" came from. This year Thanksgiving was a huge day for family. The picture taking was a bit sporadic, but here's what I have.
We started out by heading to the park with Klint's parents & his sis Cassie's fam. Here's Grandpa with Alex & Ranan. Then we headed over to Klint's sister Joele's house where her husband Matt made a fabulous traditional dinner. Then there was lots of chatting with siblings & the boys playing with cousins. It was so much fun.

Here's Richard and his family helping Alex play baseball.

Jameson was hard to get a picture of because he was so busy chasing Sam around doing everything he did and having a blast. I finally got one of them on the swings when they sat down for a few minutes.

Alex was in heaven with so much attention from the older cousins. Here he is with Sheridan on the swings and with Michael who he was mooching pie from.

Then it was off to spend some time with my family later that night. We got together for our traditional night of pie and Black Friday strategizing. My brother and his family came down from Utah so it was especially fun to see them. We also got to Skype with my parents. We certainly missed them a lot and we are so happy to hear that they had their own special version of Thanksgiving even when they are so far away. (Read about their Thanksgiving under Mom & Dad/Life in the Congo) Here are the pics.

Here we are add searching. We even convinced Jenna and Emily to go shopping with us and I'm happy to report that we've got them hooked on it.

Jennifer & Marvin, Ryan & Linsey, Scott & Jenna, and I stayed up until 1:30am talking. Jen & Marvin even showed us the latest dance moves. It's called the "Cupid Shuffle", but we were all too old and married to know it so they were teaching it to us so we can do it with them at their wedding next month. Here are the pics of the "Cupid Shuffle".

Marvin was such a good sport about it. We're eager to be adopting him and his cute girls into the family.

Overall it was very fun, but, as you can see from Alex, it was a little exhausting.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.