We were very excited to have my brother John and his family down for Thanksgiving this year! As always when I'm hosting, I didn't take very many pictures :-( Luckily Troy and Jen took over with my camera and captured some of the fun!
While I was finishing up with the Thanksgiving dinner, Jen helped the kids to make Turkey cookies. They loved it! As you can see from the picture it was quite warm on Thanksgiving day. John smoked our turkey and it was amazing! After dinner we went to the Southport Bridge to fish. The kids had a great time and even got to see some wild dolphins. 
Logan is growing up quick! He was good to play with the younger kids, but also enjoyed playing the play station with Daddy and Uncle Troy. His one goal of the trip was to find some sea shells and a crab to take back to show his class and he found them both!
Gabe loves babies! He was a big help with Megan. He also loves dressing up and was in a different outfit every time I saw him.
Owen was lots of fun for Maddie and Sam to play with. He is right in between them in age and they had lots of the same interests. His favorite thing to play was definitely the Thomas Train set.
Kyndal is a little doll baby who keeps her brothers in line. She is a great self entertainer and I barely knew she was around! She loved the kitchen center and playing like she was Maddie's baby.
On Saturday we went to the beach. It was a LOT colder than it had been on Thanksgiving, so the kids had to bundle up against the wind. They still had a good time and found lots and lots of shells.
While I was finishing up with the Thanksgiving dinner, Jen helped the kids to make Turkey cookies. They loved it! As you can see from the picture it was quite warm on Thanksgiving day. John smoked our turkey and it was amazing! After dinner we went to the Southport Bridge to fish. The kids had a great time and even got to see some wild dolphins. Logan is growing up quick! He was good to play with the younger kids, but also enjoyed playing the play station with Daddy and Uncle Troy. His one goal of the trip was to find some sea shells and a crab to take back to show his class and he found them both!Gabe loves babies! He was a big help with Megan. He also loves dressing up and was in a different outfit every time I saw him.Owen was lots of fun for Maddie and Sam to play with. He is right in between them in age and they had lots of the same interests. His favorite thing to play was definitely the Thomas Train set.Kyndal is a little doll baby who keeps her brothers in line. She is a great self entertainer and I barely knew she was around! She loved the kitchen center and playing like she was Maddie's baby.On Saturday we went to the beach. It was a LOT colder than it had been on Thanksgiving, so the kids had to bundle up against the wind. They still had a good time and found lots and lots of shells.Sam with his load of Shells- the kids are just as excited to find tons of broken shells as we are to find nice whole ones!
Kyndal had to barrow Sam's shark hat for the beach to keep the wind out of her ears!
On Friday John and Troy took the older kids to a state park and Jen and I braved the black Friday crowds with Kyndal and Megan. There is no photo documentation of this because the boys didn't want to drag a camera around and keep up with 5 kids and I didn't want to show you Jen throwing elbows over half priced merchandise! But we all had alot of fun that day.
Kyndal had to barrow Sam's shark hat for the beach to keep the wind out of her ears! On Friday John and Troy took the older kids to a state park and Jen and I braved the black Friday crowds with Kyndal and Megan. There is no photo documentation of this because the boys didn't want to drag a camera around and keep up with 5 kids and I didn't want to show you Jen throwing elbows over half priced merchandise! But we all had alot of fun that day.
All the kids waiting for the boat parade of lights the last night they were here. We are so glad they spent the Holiday with us and helped us build some special memories.
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Time spent with family is so special. Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving! Megan's getting so big!
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