our thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2012

my family

including Matt's dog Dixie

I love the traditions of our day

the dinner that we eat off of my great grandmas's china

the kids wondering when and if they will move up to the grown up table

the turkey being carved by my dad

the kitchen full of everyone helping to get it all done

the jokes of me always over eating

the feeling of us all being together

I didn't take one picture at Thanksgiving and don't really know why

I had my camera but sometimes it seems like too much work

but at least I have these that I stole from the family.

It was a good day together.

The family was all there including a few others

Jim's parents and his son Tyler.

We ate a delicious dinner 

played apples to apples

watched football

looked at the sales papers

watched old videos of my mom's singing group

took naps

and hung out.

 Kimber was such a happy girl

she is changing so much and is watching everything

she loved having a house of people to watch

and we loved watching her

she giggled

and smiled

and laughed all day long.

Luke spent a lot of time with her.

He was so sweet. 

We also have fun writing anonymously something that we are thankful for

then going around the room drawing one out at a time to guess who wrote what.

Some are so obvious (like my moms) and then some are a little harder to figure out

but it's fun.

 Since my brothers birthday always falls somewhere around Thanksgiving

we usually get to spend part of the day celebrating him.

He is something I tell you.

He brings a lot of fun, excitement and craziness to our family.

My baby brother is twenty nine, now that is crazy.

 Matt had asked that everyone make him a home made birthday card this year,

We don't know if he was serious or just kidding around but that's what we did.

My mom printed off this picture for his birthday card

it was taken just a few days after he was born.

Matt thought that it would be fun to re-create it

so that's what we did.

Twenty nine years later

So that was our day.

Thankful for so much.