Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  As always, it was super busy, but we saw pretty much our whole family so it was worth it.  A run down of our weekend:

Thursday

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Rob's family, at my in-laws.  This was our first Thanksgiving with his family (previous years we have spent it with my Dad's family), I know they were excited to have us there (actually, to have the boys there, but I like to pretend people like to see Rob and I).  Rob's aunts, uncles and cousins were at dinner, so there were nearly 30 of us.  We had a fabulous feast and then rounded out the evening with some serious games of Left-Right-Center and Pass the Trash.

Some of Rob's cousins feasting

Robbie outside with the big boys

One of these days we WILL get a good pic of the 3 of them

Sam and Hanna playing-so fun to see them finally start to interact

Each year my Aunt Susan makes homemade rolls for Thanksgiving and since we weren't going to be there to enjoy them, I took my first go at them.  Overall, they turned out well-I was quite proud of myself.

Robbie helping me with rolls

Friday

Friday morning we took the long trek to St. James to visit my Dad's family.  It is one of the only times of the year I get to see some of his family that lives in Ohio, so I didn't want to miss seeing them.  Also, my Grandma Hutcheson turned 92! on Thursday, so we wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday.  Friday evening we had dinner with everyone and Saturday morning my Grandma took us all to the town diner for breakfast.

Robbie had a great time on this trip to St. James.  My cousin Nathan has a 4 year old daughter, Ella, that he had a blast playing with.  On Friday evening, they literally ran circles around my cousin's house for 25 minutes--they had so much fun, I was exhausted from watching.

Playing Aunt Susan's piano 

Robbie sitting at the kid table at breakfast

The boys with "Nana-Great"-my Grandma

Saturday

Saturday after breakfast we headed to Jefferson City for the annual McVey Family Christmas.  My mom is one of 8 kids, so they have always done Christmas as a family on a weekend other than Christmas.  It is always so wonderful to see all of my aunts, uncles and cousins.  I feel so blessed to come from such a big family with such a wonderful tradition. 

Robbie making crafts that my Grandma brought for the kids

Late Saturday evening we headed home so we could have all of Sunday to recover and get some things done.  It was a great weekend filled with family.  I am such a lucky woman--I have a supportive and loving husband, 2 amazing boys and a wonderful family.  There is so much to be thankful for and I could not ask for more.

The 3 most wonderful men in my life