Happy Thanksgiving

 We headed to Portage to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mark’s side of  the family – after a long 4 hour road trip we made it there safely. The festivities were being hosted by his Aunt Polly and Uncle Ray – lots of other aunts and uncles and cousins were there as well. 

Polly and Ray have the most awesome house – any kids dream really….. 4 floors, a train set in the attic and a huge bell out front.  Joel helped Sam stand on it while he rocked it back and forth. Fun! 

Lunch was so delicious – turkey and all the trimmings – and check out these desserts!! 

The girls really know how to bake – everything was so yummy!  After lunch Uncle Ray gave out ornaments to each family that was there (apparently he does this every year) – it’s the annual White House ornament – sweet!

We all sat around and chatted in the afternoon and Sam had a blast chasing Parker thru the house – Kaite joined in as well –hahah.  

Later in the day we headed to the Nursing Home to visit with Mark’s grandmother.  She was in good spirits and looked great – Hannah happily sat on her lap too!  On a funny/horrified note as we were leaving the home we had to pass thru the living room area – there were around 7 or 8 people in there watching tv (all residents) and for some unknown reason Sam shouts “Hey!  Wake up!!!”  OMG!  I grabbed him by the hand and got out of there as fast as I could! 

We headed back to Polly and Ray’s and had dinner and then just hung out.  Hannah was “off” Thursday and Friday so her sleep was pretty much nonexistent – so by Friday morning I was BEAT!!!  Mark’s Aunt Jean and her 2 girls came in on Friday and we were able to visit with them before we headed back home. Both girls are taking violin lessons and Amy gave Polly a lesson. 

 I love the violin – it’s so beautiful and Amy plays wonderfully!  We wanted to swing by Mark’s Aunt and Uncle’s place so we left Polly and Rays and headed there. 

Sam was being a pill but luckily Aunt Helen saved the day when she asked Sam if he wanted to play the piano!!  Sam stopped what he was doing and said yes!!  He must have played on that thing for a good 30 mins – he loved it!!  I snapped some pics just in case one day he becomes a pianist I can say “oh look here you were playing when you were 3”  lol!

We got on the road around 3pm and the kids did great until Hannah woke up at 6 and was hungry!  So we took a quick stop to feed Hannah and grab some dinner then we got back in the car.  We made it home in time for baths and then bed.  It was a fun trip but it’s always nice to be home!

Here are a few more pics from our trip - Hannah enjoyed her turkey =)

Can you tell how happy Sam was???  not!