Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends out there! I honestly cannot believe that fall has arrived and already it is thanksgiving time! This year we are staying around Charlotte and having a low-key weekend. We headed over to Jonathan's parents for dinner and plan on spending the rest of the weekend getting the house somewhat decorated for Christmas.
As a last minute thought, the kids and I decided to make turkey shirts yesterday. They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!
Before having dinner, the kids wanted to take Franklin and Mia for a walk. It is amazing (even for NC) that we could go out for a walk at the end of November without even long-sleeved shirts!
We have been feeling quite crafty lately. Crafts are actually Katelynn's favorite thing to do and all on her own she made little orange tags with everyone's name on them to put on their seats for dinner. She did this a day before Turkey Day, and I suggested maybe she could make a craft to attach the nametags too. We ended up running out of time with food preparation to make them ahead of time so we took all the supplies and she and I got to spend time together making them at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was a great afternoon activity while the turkey was cooking. She did such a cute job on them! They were supposed to be turkeys, but they are missing their face. Katelynn made a face on one of them and didn't like it, deciding they looked pretty enough just as they were. I was pretty proud of her though... I cut out the hands for her (they were her hand traced though) but other than that, she did them all by herself! She had to make a total of 9!
We also enjoyed watching the Macy's Day Parade at Grandma and Grandpa's. We don't have cable at home anymore so we asked them to DVR it so the kids could still watch it!
Even Ryan was interested... for a few seconds anyway.
For the most part, we had a quiet Thanksgiving Day. I enjoyed the afternoon the most... just hanging out and getting to enjoy family!
And because it's Thanksgiving, I can't end this post without a list of "Thankful" for items!! It is actually pretty cute because the kids did art at school on their own about what they were thankful for. I didn't even have to ask them!
KATELYNN: She said she was thankful for: her teacher, Zachary, friends, family, her own room, the president, Ryan, and Zachary (And no, I didn't accidentally type Zachary's name twice.. she wrote it TWICE!)
JUSTIN: He said he was thankful for: his mom and dad, his grandmas and grandpas, his monster trucks, his mommy's lunches, and his boat. (Can anyone guess which one made Daddy most happy? It was pretty exciting to hear the boat made the most thankful list. Ha,ha)
RYAN: He is too young to play but just for kicks if you asked him, I would guess milk and balls would be at the top of his list.. at least they are the top of his vocabulary! I suppose Mum-ma and Da-da are pretty high up there too!
ME (Jessica): Obviously, I can say the obvious things that I'm thankful for (My family- a hardworking husband who made my dreams come true, who supports us and allows me to be able to stay at home with my kids; three happy and healthy kids; great parents and in-laws that make a huge effort to be a part of our children's lives....), but I can't be thankful for all those things without being thankful for everything that got me to this point in my life. I'm thankful for all my friends and family who have been there for me throughout my life. I'm thankful for all the bumps in the road and all the heartache and hard lessons that made me become who I am today. Obviously going through hard times is never fun, but I honestly believe I wouldn't be where I am today or who I am today without those times (and everyone that got me through those tough times). There are so many things in life each and every day that can bring you down, but I am trying to just live life looking at the positives and am so thankful for so much my life has brought so far. I can only hope that the next 30 years can be half as great as these first 30!
(Okay, enough of my ramblings... back to pictures!) (Oh.. and if you are looking for my husband's list of what he is thankful for... well, keep looking! He just rolls his eyes when I try to get him to play a game like this!)
Yes, the kids and I got a little picture happy at the end of the night. Everyone wanted a turn taking a picture when the goal was really supposed to be to just get a family picture. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone enjoyed their day of being thankful!
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