Happy Thanksgiving

Warning: this post contains lots of pictures! The good news is they are of adorable children so please enjoy! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my brother John and his family in South Carolina. We had never been to visit them and fell in love with the countryside right away. It's a very beautiful part of the country and we had a great relaxing time. Maddie and Sam saying "Happy Thanksgiving" in their Pilgrim hats they made for a school project.

These were the very cute place cards Jen made for Thanksgiving. I know she worked very hard to make everything nice!

John had smoked an amazing turkey and Jen had made a glazed ham. Oh man- the food was good!! We had leftovers for the rest of the weekend and enjoyed them just as much.

We had a full kids table and are very thankful for it!

Owen and Maddie playing dress up after lunch. They really enjoyed trying out different 'boy' outfits.

After lunch we took a walk downtown and saw the river and waterfall that runs through the city. It was very pretty. (Troy and I thought this was a funny sign to put in front of a water fountain) Kyndal loved Troy, she would come to me also, but preferred him. He loved this of course!

All of the kids on the suspension bridge that goes over he falls.

Troy and I on a different bridge. The weather was perfect the whole weekend.

Kyndal being 'all girl' in her tutu and with her cell phone. She was so good all weekend- such a sweetheart!

The next day John took us out to ride some horses. Troy got to ride by himself....

but John led the kids for rides. They loved it of course!

Maddie rode too, good thing mommy packed her cowgirl boots!

Even Kyndal got to get up on the horse for a photo shoot!

After the horseback ride, we drove to a state park and ate a hot dog lunch.

We took a hike there and really enjoyed just being outside.

Te guys took the kids fishing in the lake, but the fish weren't biting.

Kyndal loves being outside just as much as her brothers.

All of us and Owen. Gabe took this picture I think.

The next day we went to a very nice park that has bike trails and let the kids ride for a while, then we let them enjoy the playground.

Owen being a cutie. The kids really all got along great the whole weekend.

Gabe was great with the smaller kids and was a great example.

Sam is missing his cousins for sure this week. So glad Christmas is around the corner.

Maddie loved Logan and hung out with him most of the weekend. It was nice to have the older boys to play with the younger ones. We had a great time and look forward to going back some day!