Our very happy Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving this year was wonderful. We got up early (well...Edgar did. I didn't get up until 7:30...) and Edgar started working on the office. (There is a LOT of work to do in there! There are several very large holes in the wall that need to be filled, and the textured ceiling is dirty...not easy to clean. I think he's just about ready to paint today...) I spent the morning cleaning (it never seems to get done...) and playing with Eli. We didn't watch the parade, but we did watch this: Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving video...actually, the video on the screen is the 'Bonus feature' on the DVD...something about the Mayflower...actually quite educational. Eli watched some of it, but it's not Baby Beethoven, so he wasn't quite as captivated, but he did enjoy the music :)

I started working on Carly's birthday cake...and some cupcakes to go along with it :)

This is the cake before it's iced...the final product is coming in the next post.
Then Eli and I went for a 45-min. walk around our neighborhood. Eli could ride in his wagon all day! (I think I've mentioned that before...)

We went to the park, and Eli rode the worm...
...and went in the swing. I think he just wanted to get back in his wagon, though.
When we got back Eli took a nap (trying to move him to just one nap a day...it's going...okay...) and I got ready to go. We headed over to Eliott & Krista's at 4 (Okay...let's be honest...it was 4:30. We were a little later than we wanted to be)
We got the rest of the food ready, and went outside to take a few pictures. Most of the pictures are on Krista's camera...I need to get those from her! I'm hoping she'll post some on her blog soon!
We did get a couple cute ones of the kids with their Abuela :)

It really wasn't this dark out...blasted flash...

Krista had the table set up beautifully-she used her china. It was really nice.

At each place setting was a turkey made out of cut-outs of Katie's hand. On the back they each had verses that we read after dinner, about being thankful. It was a super cute idea!

Edgar cut the Turkey (and mom stirred the rice...and Eliott looked for the Crystal Light...)

Abuelo played with Eli

And then we ate! Eli enjoyed his Thanksgiving meal. He loved the stuffing, and dark meat...but I still think the Cranberry sauce (made from scratch by mom!) was his favorite :)

Edgar & his mom

The whole family! Isaac is trying to get out to show himself...but I think he's staying put for a couple more days!

We spent some time as a family talking about how richly God has blessed us. We really are so thankful that God continues to pour His blessings on us. Sometimes I wonder why God has chosen us to give such amazing gifts to. I have TWO amazing, wonderful families that love the Lord. I know I am truly blessed. We sang a few songs together-which was really neat. For as musical as both sides of my family is, we rarely sing together. It was beautiful.

After dinner the boys played the Wii and talked about time travel. The girls talked about babies, and timed Leilani's contractions :)

We went home around 1:00 am-we hardly ever stay out that late any more! It was such a fun day, though, and we didn't want it to end. The next morning getting up wasn't nearly as fun...

I hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as ours was!