Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year.  

Paul had the honors of slicing the beautiful turkey.  And Maren making some delicious asparagus.  We really did have the best spread!  We had so much food and we were very grateful, especially since we had been unemployed for most of the year.  We were grateful to be with loving family and to share in the abundance of all of us.

And besides eating delicious food, we also hung out and played and enjoyed being together.  My sister-in-law, Lena's mother was with us this year.

(Galina came for the birth of Lena and Ethan's daughter Freya.

She was born in September, on the 11th in fact.)

 Glenn thought he was playing the racing game, but Ethan really was.

He had a fun time with it though.

 Galina. Paul. Lena.

 Sirie. Jasper.

 Maren. Freya.

Sleeping Micah.

 Jasper and Glenn playing with the big stuffed bear.

 Freya.

 Jasper and Glenn playing together

 Glenn Micah.

 Grandpa Don.

 Funny Jasper.

 Glenn. Maren.

 Sleepy Grandpa Don.

 Ethan. Grandma Esther. Sirie. Paul. Jasper.

Galina. Freya.

We had a good time with our family!

Fun with the Smith Family

We also spent some time with some of Paul's family.  We LOVE being with the Smith's!  They are such an awesome family and we loved being close to them.  It was great also that Grandma Joan and Grandpa Bob were there.  Glenn had a lot of fun playing with the cousins--he even started calling the boys his brothers!

We watched Soul Surfer with them, and Glenn climbed right into Rich's lap.  It was so fun seeing him so comfortable with this family.

Grandma Joan. Grandpa Bob.

Gma Joan. Gpa Bob. Glenn. Kolby.

Rich. Kalvin. Kale. Joy. Katy.

Glenn and his 'brother;.

(Glenn took these last pictures.  He has just started really wanting to take pictures--and he does a pretty good job sometimes.)

We had a really good evening with our family there!

Thanksgiving sure was a time of being Thankful for Family!