This year, we headed up to Leavenworth with Rebecca's family (Mark and Sue, Hannah, Sarah and Josh, and the five from our clan. We rented a house with four bedrooms to make sure there would be plenty of room for all of us. It was a fun house to have for five days. It had a jacuzzi in the garage, so the kids were in and out of the 102 degree water every couple hours. It was pretty cold up there and sunny. We had a great time.
One of the things that the kids did was head down to Leavenworth and they made these lanterns with glow sticks inside of them. The town was supposed to have a small parade at 5:30 one night where all of the kids and adults could walk the streets with their lanterns. The kids had a fun time decorating them and the glow sticks were an added bonus. If you ever need hours of fun, get some glow sticks. The kids went to sleep that night with them hanging from the ceiling. They had a good time.
We went on a walk one of the days down near the river and it was certainly cold that day. The girls went off to the yarn store and the guys went walking. It wasn't long when the kids went into a deep freeze and we needed to head back to find the girls. Pictures below were of Sarah and Jacob playing the Wii. They had a great time with the Wii, although it was the closest this country has come to world war III. You think the world is worried about Iran or North Korea, well just put our kids in a room by themselves with the Wii, and there is now a new "country" to be worried about. I think this is why we don't have one at home just yet. The other picture was "Christmas list central". Mark was taking down all of the Christmas requests for the season. Yes, we were actually getting organized.
We were also able to squeeze in making Christmas cookies with the kids. The best part is always decorating the cookies and licking the frosting.
It's a hard job to eat cookies all day long.
We all chipped in with the cooking, although Mark and Sue tackled the bird and stuffing. It was fun to be away from any one persons home for Thanksgiving. It hopefully took all of the burden off one person to have it at their home. We played games, took walks, got some reading in, and saw two movies. It was a great time. The drive home Sunday was without snow or incident. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
We were also able to squeeze in making Christmas cookies with the kids. The best part is always decorating the cookies and licking the frosting.
It's a hard job to eat cookies all day long.
We all chipped in with the cooking, although Mark and Sue tackled the bird and stuffing. It was fun to be away from any one persons home for Thanksgiving. It hopefully took all of the burden off one person to have it at their home. We played games, took walks, got some reading in, and saw two movies. It was a great time. The drive home Sunday was without snow or incident. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
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