This year we traveled to West Virginia for Thanksgiving! We were blessed with the great company of family, and Avery got to meet several family members for the very first time.
Avery got to meet her great-grandfather, who we call "Great-Papa" and his wife Dolores. They gave her an amazing gift - a totally huggable teddy bear - and quickly won her over.
Everyone soon learned that it isn't entirely difficult to win Avery over, especially if you pass along anything sweet such as zucchini bread, blueberry breakfast bread, cookies, pie, sweet potato casserole, cranberry gelatin, etc. She makes fast friends by mooching... more on this later.
Thanks to our lovely hosts:
So much fun spending time with family:
We all participated in the annual family cornhole tourney, which Martin and Aunt Susan won. (Avery and Parker were very cute little distractions, but we had to keep moving them out of the way to continue the games.):
YUM... time for food!
The guys man up to feed the kiddos their Turkey Day meal:
Avery decided it was more fun to eat off everyone else's plates (see, what did I tell you - MOOTCH!):
Meg had to clean TWO dishes... yes, just two whole dishes... doesn't she look thrilled?:
The cousins (Parker was sick, and Erin exhausted, yet we forced them to be in the cousins photo - nice, huh?):
By the time I got a picture of Avery and her Great-Papa, she was "over it" but nonetheless:
Great-Papa and Parker:
Couple of my faves from the weekend:
Thanks be to God for blessing us with the gift of a warm, loving family!
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