Thanksgiving, 2014

It has been almost 20 years since we spent a Thanksgiving holiday on the family property, but this past weekend we Christened the new cabin with its first Thanksgiving celebration!

Spending the weekend with our families (Gma, Gpa, Mamie, Papa, Uncle Mike, Uncle Victor, Catherine, and Uncle Bob) was relaxing and enjoyable. We had a great time playing in the snow, making bonfires, setting off rockets, watching football (and movies each night!), and going to town to meet Santa at the Christkindl Market.

Snow on Saturday morning was a fun surprise, too!

Sledding with Papa Thanksgiving morning. George wasn't a fan

Dance party!

Kevin's fire. It was much bigger than this picture makes it look :)

Back at it. Still hating it

My pant-less cowboy!

Thanksgiving Crew

Abigail's front row seat

Thanksgiving sunset

Mamie dissecting the bird

GO Hawks!

Go Dawgs!

Abigail's awkward brave face :)

She LOVED her candy cane

Abigail was pretty sure this was Cinderella ;)

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I feel like Christmas is starring me in the face, begging me to send out cards, decorate the house, shop for gifts, and buzz around in a perpetual state of merriment.

Am I the only one who finds this incredibly exhausting?

...the tree will be going up next weekend!

baby steps.

I hope you're enjoying the magic this season.

Happy Holidays!

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