Time to give thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! What a fun, FULL day we had. Dan's brother, Jay, and his son (our nephew) Jacob spent the night with us on Wednesday night. His wife and their other son Zachary joined us on Thanksgiving day. It was great to see Luke and Olivia interact with their cousins and get to know one another a little bit. The last time we were together was when Luke and Olivia were about 5 months old, and not nearly as mobile as they are now.

Dan and I hosted dinner at our house this year, and it was SO nice not to have to travel for the first time in what felt like forever. We ended up having 12 adults and 7 kids, and enough food to feed twice that many people! Luke and Olivia enjoyed their first Thanksgiving dinner of dressing, mac and cheese, corn fritter casserole, potato salad, green beans and cranberry sauce (yuck!). We weren't sure how Luke and Olivia would react to having so many people around, but they did wonderful and loved having so many playmates (their cousins). It was interesting to see how all of the kids from both sides of our family instantly congregated in one room and became fast friends with endless chatter. The day went by much too quickly, and we didn't get to take as many pictures as we had hoped. It was dark before we knew it! Luckily the family will be together again for Christmas. We are already looking forward to it!