Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving was lots of fun.  We started off with the extended Henderson family the Sunday before Thanksgiving.  It is so nice to be able to go to the rink, the Henderson family is so huge!  It was really fun watching Anna play with her cousins.  It reminds me so much of when I was a kid playing with my cousins at the rinks.  Anna had a great time skating, bouncing, and playing games.

Nicholas was in heaven running everywhere.

It is so nice to go to the rink when it is just our family.  I don't have to worry about where my kids are, they can just run wild.  Devin was so nice to take Nicholas on all the inflatable slides.  The kids also love playing all the games for free.  Spencer had quite the pile of tickets by the time he was done playing.

It is always nice to have time to visit with my Henderson family.
Anna had a Thanksgiving party in preschool and they learned how to make butter.  She was so cute and just had to use her butter on everything.

We were lucky enough to have Pam stay with us a few days before Thanksgiving.  We sure love spending time with her.  The kids can't get enough of her.  Pam was great and taught the kids about gourds.

She had them help her get the seeds out.  She taught us a lot about how to pick out the best seeds.

Thanksgiving day we wen to my mom's house. She was brave and had us use her china.

 It was a nice dinner.  It was fun to be with my family.  It is crazy to think that 2008 was the last time that I was with my family for Thanksgiving. (Nicholas and I had our own private Thanksgiving feast in the hospital the year he was born.)
Tommy was nice to read Nicholas stories and to play with him.  Nicholas loves playing with Tommy and Spencer.

Devin was more than happy to help lick the pie that got stuck to the plastic wrap.

Anna and Sadie had tons of fun playing together.  They were pretty cute doing puppet shows.  This blurry picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me it was cute!

It was a good day.  Nicholas completely lost it by the end of the day.  We ended up leaving early because he was such a train wreck.  Poor kid.  It was nice that we were able to take him home and let him sleep in his own bed.  We didn't even do any Black Friday shopping in the stores...weird!   There were so many deals on line, I figured it wasn't worth saving the $1 to go stand in line.  Most prices were just as good if not better, and I could do all my shopping in my pjs.  Beside that we just wanted to have a nice day for Nicholas since it was his birthday.
Thanksgiving was great overall.  I love spending time with my family.  I wish that we could see all our family more often.