The Thanksgiving Recap That Is Short On Words, But Long On Photos (aka A Post My Husband Will Read)
Date: Tuesday October 9, 2007Posted in: Emily, Family, Graham, Nathan
I’m going to try to be brief with the words because I am burnt.
We had a fantastic weekend. It involved a lot of food, family, and a lot of talking. I think I have used enough words to last me for the next month. OK. Maybe only until tomorrow. But still. I’ll be brief with the recap of the rest of the weekend we had besides the amazing reunion with my side of the family.
Thursday: We drove down to the Coast. Here’s the shot I took as we left the driveway:
Friday: Matthew and I headed across the border and did a whole lot of shopping sans kids. You may have seen my Flickr set (it’s public). Not much to say except that we had TWELVE HOURS OF UNINTERRUPTED CONVERSATION. ‘Nuf said.
Saturday: Matthew played football IN THE RAIN. I always wonder why I’m surprised that it rains in Vancouver. I lived there for six years. There is a reason that it is all lush and green: BECAUSE IT’S ALWAYS RAINING. That is why I live in the Okanagan (amongst a host of other reasons).
I also snuck away to my Dad’s on a solo trip to surprise my siblings who were all converging there for a hot dog and chili supper since everyone was in town. It was nice to get caught up without having to worry about wiping bums and cutting dinner into non-choking-sized pieces.
Sunday: See my last post.
Monday: We hung out with Matthew’s side of the family. Here come the photos!
We spent three hours at the coolest place. I had been there before I met Matthew with a big group of friends. He and I were also there three years ago with a newborn Nathan and a not-quite-two year old Graham.
It’s a big farm! With pumpkins! And animals! And stinky poop!
Basically? REAMS of fun for the kidlets.
And many an opportunity to take a photo (Or twenty. OK. A hundred.)
Here are four of the eight cousins looking at the animals in the petting zoo. We went in shortly after.
Here is sweet cousin Caleb (Isn’t he a DOLL?)
Here’s one that I took of him and his Momma Jennifer.
I lurve it.
Nathan and the baby goat (With Isaiah in the background)
Miss Emily had a sweet lamb take a liking to her.
She seemed to like the lamb too.
Matthew’s parents have eight grand babies. Graham (almost five) is the oldest and Anna…
…is the youngest (three weeks old!)
Here is a shot of the five oldest kids:
Nathan, Isaiah, Jacob, Graham and Caleb.
OK. BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE CUTENESS.
Matthew’s sister, also a Jennifer, has two boys and now sweet baby girl Anna. Our four boys had a popcorn snack while waiting for the hay ride.
So. Cute.
Yep. Cute.
Huh. The cuteness ABOUNDS.
And still…CUTE.
(More on Flickr)
We ended the day with another amazing dinner and an evening of laughs and great times with Matthew’s side of the family. Here’s a shot of the other side of our extended family.
No wonder my kids are so cute. Look at the gene pool they came from. Seriously.
That’s all I’ve got, except for the extras on Flickr. I have a billion loads of laundry to do. I also need to get ready for Miss Emily’s first birthday (Thursday!). I truly hope you enjoyed the above, because I SURE DID.
23 Comments
So happy to hear that ya’ll had such a wonderful Thanksgiving. There’s nothing to be more thankful for than friends, family and over the boarder shopping with a high canadian dollar!
Comment by Ashey on October 9th, 2007 @ 9:22 pmSo two baby girls? Right? Seriously… a BEAUTIFUL family. Makes my heart smile for you.
Yep. On Matthew’s side there are six boy and two girl grand babies 
Oh my goodness, Miss Emily is ALMOST ONE!? How did that happen?
Great photos. Those four boy cousins really look alike! And I am not at all surprised that there are two Jennifers…seems like there are always about five Jennifer/Jen/Jennys in every group of women our age.
OMG! THAT BABY! I love that photo. The one of the cute little chublett Caleb in the hat is adorable. And as always, your kiddies are gorgeous.
Man…I have a month to go to our Thanksgiving, but this is making me really look forward to it.
Comment by Loralee on October 9th, 2007 @ 9:46 pmAWE!! Newborn! Makes my heart go pitter-pat.
I LOVE the effect in the pictures!
I also love the pompadores your boys are sporting in the first picture 
What a great Thanksgiving.
My boys have CRAZY hair
Sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
The cousins are as cute as your boys, love the photos of the 4 boys eating popcorn.
And FAR OUT Matthew looks like his Dad!! Wow!
Comment by Hannah on October 9th, 2007 @ 9:52 pmWhat a great looking family! Those popcorn pictures are priceless and Baby Anna is absolutely beautiful! And what’s this about Miss Emily turning one? Already?
Comment by Michele on October 9th, 2007 @ 10:32 pmCompletely adorable pictures. Loved the ones of all the boys eating their popcorn. Priceless!!! Sounds like you had a blast. I loved your flickr shopping pictures too. Fun fun!!! We have a payless here in town and I love it. Oh yea, and a Target too Are ya jealous???
I love the popcorn pictures. And you’re totally right about the good gene pool, what a nice looking family! I’m glad you had such a good time.
Comment by Jill - GlossyVeneer on October 10th, 2007 @ 8:22 amSounds like a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend from both of your posts, with so much family and love! I’m glad you had a great time, and a whole day with hubby, brilliant! Thanks for your comment on my blog
Great pictures from a great weekend! Glad you had some a nice trip:-)
And the kids. Cute is an understatement.
Oh yes Hannah reminded me that I noticed too how much Matthew looks like his Dad. Way cool!
Comment by Kami on October 10th, 2007 @ 9:32 amAwww, we didn’t make it to Aldor Acres this year. You guys all look fantastic! Hooray for family!
Comment by Viki on October 10th, 2007 @ 10:21 amGreat photos! Looks and sounds like it was a great weekend with family…and who can forget the shopping!
Comment by Angela on October 10th, 2007 @ 12:07 pmWow what a really FULL weekend you had. Fun that you got to see SO much family though!
Love ALL the pictures, the ones of the boys eating popcorn are my fav though!
COOL! I love what you did to the pictures! What did you do to them?
I used Lightroom. I started with the Aged Photo setting and then played with the exposure, etc.
the boys and their similar wavy hair, love it!
so glad you had a wonderful family holiday.
Comment by little miss mel on October 10th, 2007 @ 2:09 pmThat is alot of little kids! How fun!
Glad you had a great time!
Comment by Karen on October 10th, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
What a great looking family! And the boys eating popcorn is adorable….talk about peas in a pod
Comment by Robyn on October 9th, 2007 @ 9:15 pm