Happy Thanksgiving 2009 !

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We had another wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Manning's home. We eat early and stay all day, actually eating twice. Everyone was able to make it and we had a great time and great food, just eating too much as always but that's expected every year.

The kids are all growing up so fast it's hard to believe. Olivia kept everyone going and goes from one cousin, aunt, uncle, to the next. Steve and I are actually off the hook for the day because there are so many other relatives and she knows she is wrapped around their fingers.
She kept taking one at a time into the playroom to play with her. It was a standing joke as to who her next "victim" was going to be. For missing a nap she was in really good spirits all day, even eating her food pretty well.

She was very proud of the "turkey cookies" we brought to surprise everyone. They were made from tracing her own hand and she and Jenny and I all decorated them to look like turkeys.

Kendra surprised Grandma and Grandpa with a hand drawn picture she had been working on for a few months. She drew it from a small, old photo I had to sneak out of the house and get to her. None of us knew she was such an artist until we saw the picture.

And you know it has been a long busy day and it's time to go home when the oldest and the youngest cousins finally give up and curl up in Grandpa's big chair.

Thanks for another wonderful Thanksgiving G & G !!