Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving

We are very thankful to have been able to spend the holiday with our family again this year. John's mom, sisters Kim & Jenn & their families, Uncle Wayne & Aunt Sally & cousins Danny & Jason arrived on Wednesday. We missed cousin Ryan & Lyne, who stayed home with 2 wk old Gavin. Hopefully next year they will be able to join us & Gavin can get in on the action with his big cousins!
We had beautiful weather and Thursday we spent some time at the playground & running around outside before the delicious dinner Mimi prepared. Yesterday there was shopping, football watching, shark tooth-hunting & lots of game playing. In the evening we went to Wrightsville Beach Park for the tree lighting & arrival of Santa. We really appreciate everyone making the trip. We had a great time & the boys were showered with love & attention. It will take a few days around here for them to become "unspoiled"!
Uncle James, Filson, Uncle Neil, Holden, Jensen
Reece Jensen & Filson
Jensen, Reece, Filson
Filson
Uncle Neil holding up the cousin train
Riley (eight days shy of 13), Jensen (11), Garrett (9), Holden (7), Reece (5), Filson (2)
Reece & Riley
Master Carver Jason
Headed out to dig for shark's teeth
Filson & Riley
Reece & Filson
Garrett, Filson, Reece, Riley
Riley & Garrett
Filson
Filson, Garrett, Holden
Filson on the climb
Riley, Filson, Jensen, Garrett
Holden, Riley, Filson, Reece, Garrett, Jensen
Filson, Brittany, Riley, Mimi, Garrett, Jensen, Neil & Ian at the tree lighting

5 comments:

littlefamily said...

looks like a fun bunch! The shark tooth hunt sounds exciting!

Angie Shay said...

Happy Thanksgiving! So great that you were able to spend the holiday with family! I think the shark hunt sounds like fun too!

Kayren said...

Wow, you had a full house, but that is what Thanksgiving is all about! Looks like you had great weather and great peeps to spend your holiday with!

Nana said...

So nice that you could get together with so many family members. I'm sure that Filson and Ian got spoiled!!! Tell me more about the shark hunt - did anyone find some teeth? Certainly would of kept them busy for awhile!!!

Anna Leigh said...

Great pics! Looks like a fun, action-packed Thanksgiving! Hope someone found a sharktooth!!