Thanksgiving

We decided to try Thanksgiving at the cabin this year!  We’ve always talked about it and finally made it happen.  While I love our usual Thanksgiving traditions, it was fun to try new ones this year.  {Although Sam & I felt a little weird not Black Friday shopping on Friday morning at 3am!}

There wasn’t much snow right by the cabin – which was nice for practical reasons with the kiddos – but Papa found a fun sledding hill about 10 minutes away that was perfect with feet of snow!  On Thanksgiving Day my mom hurt her back a little so she was nice enough to stay back and work on dinner while the rest of us went sledding.

Nate & Ryan had an absolute blast sledding.  They were ready to tackle just about any hill we could find.  It’s fun to watch them just go for it without much hesitation.  Both of them grabbed a sled and went head first and loved it.  The only downfall was Ryan’s boots.  I brought up a bunch of snow boots and his were too big and kept coming off every time he climbed back up the hill.  So his little toes were pretty much frozen in the snow.

 

We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner that night – thanks mom!

Thanksgiving Day was also Abbie’s 7th birthday which she opted to celebrate on Friday.  Unfortunately, Wes’ grandma passed away so Wes left the cabin on Friday to fly to New Mexico to be with his family.  While we will miss his sweet Grandma – I know she is in a much better place & Wes was able to be there with his entire family and almost all of his extended family.

While he was away, we did more sledding today – this time I switched Ryan and Daisy boots and these worked great for Ryan.  His toes stayed warm today!  And he was a champ walking up the hills all by himself.  Thank goodness because he is heavy!  We did some crafting today with more rides on the 4 wheelers before the birthday celebration.  Sam also made a really cool teepee for the cabin which the kids enjoyed this trip!

Happy Birthday, Abbie!  I can’t believe you’re seven.

Saturday brought all kinds of new traditions.  Santa comes to Duck Creek Village so we went to see him as well as decorate cookies and make ornaments at the local True Value hardware store.  We also participated in the Christmas Parade {well, my parents take all of the kids in it and the rest of us get to watch}.  And then that night they have a tree lighting ceremony in the village.  Quite a fun day – it was a great way to start the Christmas season.

I love Thanksgiving.  I’m thankful for so many things . . . my wonderful husband, 2 goofy boys, my family & Wes’ family, friends, jobs, our health, a place to call home & most of all a loving Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ.