Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Family and Friends!  A^4 had so much fun over the holiday weekend!  We went to Grandma Collene's Wednesday night so that we could help prep for Turkey Day.  After celebrating with Grandma on Thursday, we then went to Grandpa Chuck's for a second Thanksgiving dinner on Friday.

Grandma showing Ayson and Ryleigh how to tear bread apart for stuffing






Kaela, Addie, and Ryleigh "horsing" around.



Cousin sandwich!  Notice that Addie is in the left corner of the picture (most likely sucking her thumb as it was getting pretty late in the evening at this point)



Relaxing Thursday morning before the festivities begin.  A^4 and Auntie Julie and family all stayed the night at Grandma's.



Daddy shot a 6 point buck Wednesday afternoon and a few of the kids posed with the deer On Thursday.



Three generations of redheads: Babs (Uncle Dan's mom (Julie's husband's mom)), Mommy, and Addie.



GREAT Grandma Barb (Grandma Collene's mom) and Addie



Uncle Jay (Grandpa Ric's son), Uncle Dan, and all of the cousins.



Addie licking mashed potatoes off of the beater.



Rainbow jello!  A specialty of Auntie Jen's...NOW Jen will have to make it for every major holiday :)



Grandma Collene had 21 people for dinner!!



Addie was snuggling with Auntie Jen (Jay's wife) Thursday night.



On Friday, Uncle Shawn came over for a quick visit.  The kids were all over the "new" uncle" after having crawled all over Daddy, Jay, and Dan Wednesday through Friday.



On Friday afternoon, A^4 and Auntie Julie, Uncle Dan and kids then headed over to Grandpa Chuck's for a Thanksgiving dinner with him (Pama was working but we were sending her good thoughts!!)...Mommy did not snap any good picks of Grandpa with the family...just this one of Auntie Julie and Addie.



On Saturday, A^4 headed home and then we went to a Christmas tree farm so that we could pick out our tree.
Ayson making a snow angle while Daddy checked out our options.



It was cold and windy (the farm is on top of the hill and the wind was fierce!) and Addie insisted on wearing her sunglasses to protect her eyes from the wind.



Our tree!



Then on Sunday, Ayson and Addie helped decorate the tree.






Auntie Holly sent TWO big boxes of clothes for the kids.  THANKS Holly!!!  Ayson loves the costumes: the Buzz Light Year, Firefighter, and Army overalls were a big hit!



THREE Buzz Light Years: Ayson, the action figure, and the scooter!



Sunday was also GREAT Grandma Roe's 94th birthday and Mommy called Grandma to wish her a Happy Birthday and to let her know that A^4 was thinking of her.
This picture was taken Sunday morning at Great Grandma Roe's favorite breakfast place in the Soo.



Ayson's school work/crafts:



Ayson was told to give the cornucopia to "someone special"...well, Ayson wanted to give it to a little girl.  Daddy suggested that Ayson bring it home to Mommy :)  It is now hanging in our kitchen (the picture is sideways and would not rotate)!



Harvest corn:






A fill in the blank story to go along with an interesting cut out picture.



And and upside down turkey.  Mommy thinks Ayson has made somewhere around 5 to 7 turkeys. Ayson asked Mommy if we are keeping all of his art work...Mommy responded, "why yes, I take a picture of everything so that we can recycle the paper..."  Ayson was not too upset with that answer. He did ask for some of his favorite creations to be taped to his wall in his bed room.  Mommy can live with that, for now :)