Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays. As a child I can only remember two Thanksgivings that were not held as my Grandma and Grandpa Woodward's house in Seattle. Once they moved down to Vancouver the traditions continued and now 35 years later they still continue. Thanksgiving for my family is filled with a ton of family, good food, puzzles, games, movies, laughter, love, and gratefulness. This year was a little different. This was the first year the Poes have split off from the big group. Last year there were over 40 people at the dinner table and it was just too big. So this year the Poes (mind you we had 20 of our own) split off for our first Thanksgiving. It was nice. We missed the rest of the extended family, but it was nice to see our family interact with one another on a little more intimate level. It is getting harder and harder to get all of us siblings together so these moments are cherished.
This year we stayed with Sam and Melissa. Our kids love playing together and I miss my sister dearly. It was fun to be part of there family for a few days. We were also fortunate to have my bestest friends the Harvey's join us this year. Since they are down in Corvallis and far away from all of their family we invited to them to be part of our for a few days and oh how I enjoyed that time with them and they fit right in with our craziness. I'm not sure what that says about them, but we loved having them and my parents have informed them that they have a standing invite to as many Thanksgivings as they want to attend.
I wish I had more pictures, but I find at our family gatherings I am too busy wrangling kids, tending babies, chit chatting, cooking, and just enjoying to moment to really get out the camera. So here is what I have:
Uncle Marcus spending some time with Miss Mary. I am pretty sure within minutes she has her Uncle wrapped around her little finger. The kids table at Thanksgiving (I can't believe we have enough kid's to have a "kid's table" Where has the time gone? It was so nice to have adult conversation this year. My little man was not feeling good during dinner and was sacked out on the couch before the meal even started. He woke up in time for the most important part (the pie). My brother-in-law, Sam, always has his birthday on or near TG and this year it fell right on the day. His wife was in charge of the pumpkin pie so she made a special one just for him this year. It was complete with candles for the occasion. The day after we drove up to Maple Valley for an extended family gathering with Grandma and Grandpa Woodward and all my Aunts and Uncles and as many cousins as could make it. This year my cousins Kristen and Stephanie came up and it was fun to reconnect with them. I love my Grandpa so much and aren't my mom and her sister so adorable. I love them and all of them are good examples to me of the kind of woman I want to grow be when I grow up, hehe! And the last picture is the picture we sent to Uncle David this year. His nieces and nephews adore that kid and they miss him so much. They each colored a picture for him, we took a picture and then Mom send David all the pictures.
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