We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year. We only had one meal total, but it was GOOD. My parents are in Florida, so we did not have the Sand Family meal.
We had the Steele/Schmucker/Short Family gathering on Saturday. It was great to get together with family. We started out the day by playing a game. It's called Funglish. You have to get everyone else to guess what words you have by putting other words up that go in one of the following categories: Defiantly, sort of, or Not. For example, I had pancake, so I put up the words, Defiantly: Brown, flat, circle, edible; sort of: sticky. Not: yucky. It's fun, but harder than you think.
The kids were old enough to let play in the playroom by themselves. It made the day a little bit easier.
*did not leave Lincoln unattended... :)
Abi, Eliza and Jonathan playing so well together
*Ethan was there too.... but no pictures :(
While we played the game, the rest of the family watched the Wisconsin football game.
We all shared in a wonderful meal prepared by my mother-in-law, Bonnie. A lot of brought some food as well. I brought green bean casserole and rolls. Funny story: I was thinking, there's 22 people there, so I'll bring enough rolls for each to have 2, and then some extra. I went to the store, and got 6 packages of rolls. What I was thinking was that there was 8 in each package, so that equaled 48, perfect number. What I failed to realize was there was actually 16 rolls in each, so I brought 96 rolls! Needless to say, the whole family only ate about 16 rolls total. I have a TON of rolls. I froze them, hoping that they will still be good for Christmas.
Nathan carved the turkey this year.
our family! (minus Lincoln)
Jonathan enjoying a cupcake
Overall, it was a great day. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the food, but more than anything, I love family, and getting together.
Great Aunt Tammy and Lincoln
Nonna reading to Jonathan and Lily
Uncle Lucas playing with Lincoln
Oh yeah, this was also Lincoln's and my niece's 1st Thanksgiving. Lincoln had homemade sweet potatoes... yummy! Lily enjoyed her meal, and then promptly fell asleep... what a cutie pie!!!
Aww.. love the pics! Looks like you guys had a really great Thanksgiving together. I put up all my photos on fb and have yet to blog about everything. That should be coming sometime this week :-) I think it's so funny that you got so many rolls! haha... My parents always freeze their extra rolls after parties and they keep for a while.
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