Happy Thanksgiving

We spent this Thanksgiving at Uncle Jared's.  We had a great time.

The grownups spent a lot of time in the kitchen.

The boys spent a lot of time on the couch, not shown are the tablets they played on.  They guys were waking up at 5:30 to get in extra screen-time.

We had a lot of fun with Megan.

Here, you can see Gavin, Micheal, and Katie playing the World's funnest computer game Spore.

Katie loved creating her own creature.

Many, many, many thanks to Uncle Jared and Aunt Dianne for letting us invade their house for the weekend.  They cooked amazing meals every day.

On Friday we set up the outdoor Christmas decorations.  Hannah and Megan manned the ladders to put up lights.

Katie is all set to blow-up the snowman.

Mr. Frosty just needs a hand from Aunt Dianne.

Hannah dressed up as a Christmas tree.

Ryan playing the accordion (that is older than he is.)

The greenery had to be draped just right.

Uncle Jared on the accordion and Ryan on the tuba.

Jessica is still learning how to play the ukulele.

We had a very festive-feeling time.  Uncle Jared played the accordion, Ryan the tuba, Emily the ukulele, and Hannah and Megan wound the lights.  Maggie loved being outside, watching everything.

Walking Maggie around the block was a dream come true for David and Braden.  

Spencer is putting his head inside the tuba.  Putting your head inside a tuba should be on everyone's life list; the resonating noise causes your head to vibrate in a truly unique way.

Guess what flew over the street while we were putting up Christmas decorations?  A Bald Eagle!  I thought these birds were extremely rare, but they must be making a comeback in Virginia as we saw one on Friday and another on Saturday (sitting on a stump in a swamp.)

Maggie is getting very old; she can't hear very well or walk long distances, but she still patrols the floor at meal times.  

The little kids loved the mega leaf piles in the driveway.  

All you have to do is take a flying leap!

The ride home was not bad; this is how we started out.

This is how everyone looked by the time we got home.

Happy Thanksgiving!