Tradition!

Thanksgiving Day is usually spent at Andy's brother Dan's house in Pennsylvania.  It's tradition!  Now that our girls are married with families of their own, they aren't always able to join us.  However, this year Christy and Amy were able to celebrate with their in-laws on a different day, so we enjoyed their company with us.  We had 8 grandchildren to play with.  Andy (the kids' Poppop) and Dan ( the kids' great uncle) were good at getting the kids wound up and excited.  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this day.  I forgot my camera and Christy's camera needed the battery recharged.

The next day, Friday, all our girls with their families came down to our house.  Christy and Amy arrived a little after 12:00 noon, but Dawn waited till Kira had taken her nap before she and Tommy came over.  Again, we had lots to eat.  I had a cheese spread for a plate of crackers, a variety of fruit and cookies.  Dawn brought a veggie tray and Christy brought ingredients to make green smoothies and mocha lattes.

When everyone got here, we all got back in our cars to head on over to Smithville Park for our holiday hike - it's tradition.  While there, we took family pictures - another tradition!  I'm so excited about the pictures, they turned out great.  Of course, when you have a good photographer, a good camera and good subjects, how can you go wrong!

What fun to be together.

When we got back to the house we had panzarottis for dinner - it's becoming a tradition!  Then it was game time and planning for Christmas, the next time we'll all be together.