I love Thanksgiving! I love that you get to be with your family and celebrate all of the wonderful privileges and blessings we have in our lives! I have
SO much to be thankful for and am grateful for the opportunity we have to celebrate that once a year!
We had an absolutely amazing Thanksgiving weekend in Newton, Iowa! Where, you ask? Well, it's south of Des Moines and pretty much in the middle of nowhere but my parents somehow managed to find this cabin out there and determined it would be the perfect place to celebrate Thanksgiving as a family! Perfect is an understatement! This cabin (more like a lodge) was beautiful! It had 2 kitchens, 2 dining areas, slept up to 22, had a bowling alley, movie room, game room, and more! It has a little lake out back to go canoeing in, a fire pit where we cooked hobo dinners and was the
PERFECT getaway! We had fun from the moment we arrived until the moment we left, and the time was way too short! I know we all could have spent a lot longer there! It was so nice to be with family and to visit and hang out and enjoy one another's company! The weather was beautiful, the food was delicious and I know I'm not the only one hoping we can do it again sometime! :) A
BIG thank you to my awesome parents for treating us all to this vacation and for once again, proving what incredible, selfless people they are.
We took
lots of pictures and I think we got some great shots of everyone! The kids absolutely adore their Granny and Grampy and aunts and uncles and they never wanted to go to bed! :) They loved staying up late and playing games on the Wii, watching movies, going on walks, bowling, teasing, running around, etc, etc, etc! They couldn't get enough of how much fun they were having! They loved spending time with everyone and the trip home was full of questions as to why we had to leave and when we get to see everyone again! (Val and I were asking ourselves those very same questions!)
We all enjoyed a little rest and relaxation as well as testing out our bowling skills, making and devouring delicious meals, getting our hair cut (Thank you Katch!!), and more!
It was truly an awesome Thanksgiving and it made me realize that much more how truly blessed I am. I am so thankful for my amazing family, my wonderful husband, my beautiful children and for all that I have in my life. I love my life and am grateful to my Father in Heaven for blessing me so abundantly!!! I hope you all had as incredible a Thanksgiving as we did!
the girls coloring in one of the dining rooms...
the boys testing out the bowling alley....
Mr. Lennon checking out the cabin!
Granny and Lainey bug on our first night there...
Katchie helping make the best apple pie EVER!
MaryRose whipping up some delicious pumpkin pie...
Grampy and Lennon still checking out the cabin (and loving it!)
MaryRose and Leecy T
some of our yummy pies....
a belly shot of me at about 26 weeks
making turkeys out of apples and candy! The kids love this tradition!
the girls rockin out to some music...
sweet Leecy T
Leecy T and MaryRose
Granny and Lainey bug
Katchie and Granny setting the tables for Thanksgiving dinner...
the boys watching Thanksgiving day football...
MaryRose and Brent
Patty, Leecy and Lainey
Katchie, Leecy and Lainey
Patty and Katchie
me and my dad!
Trey and Mom
Brent and Leecy
Lainey bug and MaryRose
Patty and Eric
Val and I
Lennon and Trey
Jeff and Lainey bug
Sisters!!!
Steph, Mary Rose, Trey, Patty and Katchie
Mom and her girls!
the belly again....
me and my sweet boy on Thanksgiving
cutting the turkey--Grampy and Trey
cool chandelier in one of the dining rooms
eating the yummy food
Cheers!
Playing up on the balcony
beautiful sunset
Grampy matching his Wii character :)
gathered around the campfire
mommy and Mr. Lennon
Katchie and Lennon
mommy and Leecy T
MaryRose and Brent
Katchie and Jeff
Daddy and Lennon
Grampy and Granny
Leecy T LOVING cooking smores over the fire! :)
me and my sweetie
Eric and Patty
cute little Lainey bug being silly
mommy and Lainey bug
Brent, Lainey, Leecy, MaryRose and Grampy--canoeing in the beautiful weather
Leecy T and MaryRose canoeing
Brent and Lainey canoeing
my awesome parents
the back of our cabin
my parents canoeing
Leecy T playing the Wii--she was really good!
the girls boxing on the Wii
Lainey bug boxing! :)
the kids running around upstairs
Leecy playing
Grampy and Lainey
what a cutie!
me and my beautiful mom
Leecy getting her first set of highlights from her Aunt Katchie
Lennon and Grampy
