Thanksgiving

We decided to try Thanksgiving out at the cabin this year.  I was a little nervous because it's not like you can "run" to the store to grab something that you forgot.  I finally decided that we'd do simple and if we didn't have it, we weren't meant to have it.  The cabin was perfect and we enjoyed the time together.  It was the first Thanksgiving in MANY years that we spent with my dad and Becky too.

The kids admiring the beautifully cooked turkey

Nicole holding a flashlight on the turkey so the guys could see better

Hiking

Since my birthday fell on the day after Thanksgiving, we celebrated up at the cabin and Ashley was very excited to make my favorite lemon cake. 

Mixing the frosting

Relaxing after the meal

Putting the puzzle together

 We finished the original puzzle then put this one together "real quick"

Playing hookie

Every year McDonald Elementary has a race called the Turkey Trot. It's always close to Thanksgiving and the winning team gets a turkey. The kids are put into teams and a lot of times they're running in the snow. Nicole has always loved the race but Ashley has different feelings so last year we changed the plans and took Ashley out of school for lunch. This year she skipped the whole day and as luck would have it, it was the first real snow day day of the year. We took Ashley and her friends Grace and Rachel out for lunch at Winger's then Ashley and Grace went to Grace's and made a fantastic snowman.

Tami's first buck

This year we took the girls with us hunting.
It was the first time they got to see the whole process.

 

 

Coeur d'Alene visit

We went to Coeur d'Alene to visit Paul's uncle who was in town with his wife.

Mimi with all the Great Grandkids