As is our tradition, we try and get the entire clan together for Thanksgiving. This year we had everyone but Chris, who was in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving, at our house in HSV for Thanksgiving.
Karen, Shane, Logan and Kayleigh arrived on Monday. Since we had Shane and his truck here, we took the opportunity to add some rocks to the yard. We had a fun day - NOT - and moved about 6 truckloads of rocks. Luckily we had a cool and overcast day; nice day for working outside.
Amy, Adam and Lottie left Ft. Hood on Tuesday afternoon (driving) and arrived in HSV on Wednesday morning. Doug and Ashley flew into Little Rock on Thursday morning.
Obviously, since it was Thanksgiving, there was a lot of cooking going on. We had to have PIES. Karen made 2 pumpkin and an apple pie. They were delicious.
Rosie and Ashley, Doug's fiance, are cooking up something. Looks like they're having a good time.
A Thanksgiving tradition around our house is "veggie pizza." Adam and Lottie are helping Gram make the pizza.
Adam took over from Uncle Doug the job of making celery with peanut butter. Another delicious Thanksgiving morning treat. Great fodder for watching parades or football games.
Amy was in charge of mashed potatoes, a Thanksgiving necessity.
And Doug got to be the official turkey carver. What a great honor!
The four grandkids enjoyed playing together. We had to go over to Lake Sophia and throw rocks into the water - another tradition at our house. Thankfully, we didn't have any kids fall into the lake this time.
Bath time was great fun. Who can have the cutest hairdo? Adam wins for the spikiest do.
We love those neat kid towels Gram has.
The grandkids had fun playing with Bapa's old Lionel electric train. Bapa got this train for Christmas in about 1960. So it's about 50 years old and needs a bit of work. But it runs - thanks to some help from Shane.
Before everyone left, we had to get a family picture. Here's the entire gang except for Chris:
From left to right: Rosie, Bob, Karen, Kayleigh, Shane, Logan, Lottie, Doug, Ashley, Adam and Amy. Thanks everyone for coming; we had a great time. It only took us about a week to recover - such wimps!
We love those neat kid towels Gram has.The grandkids had fun playing with Bapa's old Lionel electric train. Bapa got this train for Christmas in about 1960. So it's about 50 years old and needs a bit of work. But it runs - thanks to some help from Shane.Before everyone left, we had to get a family picture. Here's the entire gang except for Chris:From left to right: Rosie, Bob, Karen, Kayleigh, Shane, Logan, Lottie, Doug, Ashley, Adam and Amy. Thanks everyone for coming; we had a great time. It only took us about a week to recover - such wimps!
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