This year my family had Thanksgiving dinner in the park. Mom brought warmed and sliced turkey, buns and gravy. My sisters and I brought sandwich fixins, a few different salads, veggies and cheeses and pickles, wild rice casserole, pear ciders, sparkling juice, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, and chocolate almond caramel bark. A thanksgiving picnic in the great outdoors! It was a little chilly and a little windy, but the cousins had the wide open air to be boisterous and energetic in and the food crumbs could be swept off the table.
Us adults kept migrating further along the park to stay in the warm sunbeams while the kids ran free in the playground, making up their own games and getting into trouble. Both Levi and Ella sadly had to miss out on the picnic day. They were kept at home with coughs and colds that seemed too rough to let them out to play.
With Levi's family we enjoyed a perfect, relaxing holiday together on Sunday. Some came home, and some were missed. The girls got their fill of Uncle Ian time and received fun goodies from Auntie Rhonda who couldn't make it out. We skyped with Papa in Korea and then picked up Oma to come join us for the evening's feast. We enjoyed a delicious dinner together - the perfect turkey, mashed yams, french green beans, mandarin salad, apple stuffing, wine, pumpkin pie and more. At one point in the afternoon I even found myself time to sit upstairs in the quiet with a good book. Ella was napping and the guys were downstairs with Avery and it was too perfect an opportunity to ignore. It was a good weekend for pausing regular routine, hanging out together, going for walks, and playing games in the evening. Lovely holiday! I'm so thankful for our two big families!
