Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and this year was extra special. All the Ansons were together and we soaked up every minute. Ally could hardly wait for her Thanksgiving feast at school. She dressed up like an Indian, sporting the necklace she made that she was particularly proud of.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving was Joseph's birthday. It was also the day David and Amy arrived from Missouri. Two perfect reasons to celebrate with good food and German chocolate cake.
Sam wanted in on the Thanksgiving dinner preparations. Actually, he just wanted to gnaw on the cream cheese. Do you think I could get anything out of this adorable product placement? I should mention that the cream cheese was for an amazingly delicious pumpkin cheesecake Grandma made for my birthday which landed on Thanksgiving this year. Thanks, Mom!
We decided to have a grand sleepover at Grandma's house the night before Thanksgiving. All the cousins slept together upstairs in the storage room, of all places. They loved it. Brook later commented, "That was funny that we slept in the storage room."
We use the term "slept" very loosely. Brook had to be removed from the room since she was keeping the others awake. She fell asleep on the couch downstairs. All the cousins were finally asleep by about 10:45. The adults stayed up playing games until almost 1 am. The first kids started waking up around 5:45 and they were all up by 6:30 or so. It was totally worth it, but we were all tired the next day. Poor Benjamin literally fell asleep in his mashed potatoes. That would have been an awesome picture.
Zac had some canker sores that kept him from fully enjoying his meal, but they did not get in the way of enjoying his time with Caleb. The two cousins had a grand time together. They are two peas in a pod. Both of them shed tears when it was time for Caleb to go home. It was a tender moment for all of us.
All in all, it was a great Thanksgiving. Thanks to the Missouri Ansons for making the long drive to share it with us. Family is one of our greatest blessings. Hopefully we can make it to your house this summer.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and this year was extra special. All the Ansons were together and we soaked up every minute. Ally could hardly wait for her Thanksgiving feast at school. She dressed up like an Indian, sporting the necklace she made that she was particularly proud of.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving was Joseph's birthday. It was also the day David and Amy arrived from Missouri. Two perfect reasons to celebrate with good food and German chocolate cake.
Sam wanted in on the Thanksgiving dinner preparations. Actually, he just wanted to gnaw on the cream cheese. Do you think I could get anything out of this adorable product placement? I should mention that the cream cheese was for an amazingly delicious pumpkin cheesecake Grandma made for my birthday which landed on Thanksgiving this year. Thanks, Mom!
We decided to have a grand sleepover at Grandma's house the night before Thanksgiving. All the cousins slept together upstairs in the storage room, of all places. They loved it. Brook later commented, "That was funny that we slept in the storage room."
We use the term "slept" very loosely. Brook had to be removed from the room since she was keeping the others awake. She fell asleep on the couch downstairs. All the cousins were finally asleep by about 10:45. The adults stayed up playing games until almost 1 am. The first kids started waking up around 5:45 and they were all up by 6:30 or so. It was totally worth it, but we were all tired the next day. Poor Benjamin literally fell asleep in his mashed potatoes. That would have been an awesome picture.
Zac had some canker sores that kept him from fully enjoying his meal, but they did not get in the way of enjoying his time with Caleb. The two cousins had a grand time together. They are two peas in a pod. Both of them shed tears when it was time for Caleb to go home. It was a tender moment for all of us.
All in all, it was a great Thanksgiving. Thanks to the Missouri Ansons for making the long drive to share it with us. Family is one of our greatest blessings. Hopefully we can make it to your house this summer.
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