Happy Thanksgiving

It make look Sunny, but boy was it cold.  We woke up bright and early so we would be one time for the turkey bowl.  It was mostly the EQ playing football, but there was a small group of moms, kids, and dad playing their own football game.

After some fun on the field we moved to the swings and hang out as a family.  Sam was pretty quiet all morning, until I brought him his sun glasses.  Then we perked up.  His eyes are SO SUPER sensitive to the sun.

While Daniel entertained the kids at the park I went home to work on my Beehive lesson and get a few things straightened up for our small Thanksgiving feast.  But before our feast.....

We drove to the Santa Cruz mountains and found our Christmas tree.  It was colder than freezing cold.  Luckily we have the best Christmas tree picker-outer ever!  Bob just has a way with the trees.  We wondered around for a little while, before deciding we wanted a fat little tree.  We thought this would be good for the kids if there were a lot of low branches for the kids to hang the ornaments from. 

And here it is.  Daniel said his hands were killing him after he cut it down!  It was so cold!

One exciting part about the Christmas tree ranch is the little cart they lend out for carrying the tree back to one's car!  Everyone had a turn pulling the tree.  Ever Lu tried.

Another favorite part about today was this tire swing.  Bob pushed them WAY TOO high.  I am sure the kids would have broken something had they fallen.  But boy were they having fun.  I have a video that is hard to see, but you can hear the fun in their voices!

After bring our tree home we enjoyed a yummy Thankgiving meal with all the trimmings! I brought out the china, processed cranberry jelly, stuffing, real mashed potatoes, green beans with almonds, homemade rolls, pomagrannits, gravey (from a mix :()and Martinelles.  (except I bought a small Costco chicken instead of cooking my  own turkey)  We had a great time at dinner... together...just us!

But the best part of the dinner was the.... See's Chocolate Turkeys!!  This is Lu's third Thanksgiving in her WHOLE life.  I can't believe she is so excited for the choclate turkeys.  Look at the smile and these kids.

I believe this borders on lusting tukeys.  Bob on the other hand is eating his pumpkin pie so quickly the fork is blurry in the picture.

  I love him!