Thanksgiving week kicked off with a program at Trevor's school. Mommy and Daddy weren't able to attend but Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve were there to capture the memories for us! They started with a program in the chapel. T was a pilgrim this year:
Then they had a feast with their friends. Yum, chicken nuggets!
T likes to see what everyone is doing!
Poor guy was wiped out - fell asleep on the short 10-15 minute ride home! All that waking up at night 'hearing' baby Ashley is probably catching up with him too!
On Wednesday afternoon we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Hillins to have some pool time with Jeff, Dawn and the girls. As usual, Lauren and Trevor were inseparable:
Trevor much preferred the warmer hot tub!
As did Daddy :)
After dinner we had a little birthday celebration for Trevor!
Some presents he wanted help with...
...others he had no problem tearing open!
On Thanksgiving day we headed over to the Hillins' along with Sara's parents and took the opportunity to have a few family photos. Nothing like trying to have a good picture with so many people but we sure tried!
Same goes with finding a good location, but again we did our best!
Hardest part though? Getting 5 kids under the age of 7 to all look in the right direction and smile at the same time. Oh well! Might as well have fun with it and call it memories! As in, you see Trevor's tongue right? He does that all the time!
Quick family photo!
And one with Sara's parents too! It sure is nice having all of our kid's Grandparents together!
Brian is making sure that Sara is not always behind the camera and got a cute shot of Mommy and Daughter.
We always have quite a feast as you can see here. We only brought the dressing/stuffing so a big thank you to Pauline and Dawn for all of their cooking. All was very delicious!
Here we all are enjoying the yummy food!
As is becoming tradition, Lauren and Dawn made name holders for everyone. This year they made turkeys that held M&Ms for each person! The kids also found money under their plates just like Brian and Jeff's grandparents would do when they were growing up.
What did Ashley do during our feast? Slept! Just as Mommy was about to have thirds Ashley decided it was her turn to eat...probably for the best. Mommy didn't necessarily need another plate full of food!
After dinner some of us go into food coma, others of us are wide awake and get to hold the new cousin!
Daddy and daughter spent much of the afternoon on the couch like this. Except that they mostly had their eyes closed!
Trevor was very into building with his legos:
When we got home we remembered to take 'baby's 1st Thanksgiving' bib picture. Trevor wore this on his 2nd day of life so it just felt right to have Ashley wear it too!
The next day Nana Jeanne and Sara sorted through the generous gift of clothing that Jeff, Dawn and the girls brought for baby Ashley. Two huge boxes packed with the girls' old clothing. Wow!! What a lucky girl Ashley is to be given all of these clothes. Thanks cannot be expressed enough for their generosity. Plus it's really fun to remember seeing the girls in the clothes (or have given them some of them) and now have your own daughter be able to wear them. We are very thankful for this gift. Happy Thanksgiving :)
