We had a great Thanksgiving with Ty's family. We had a fantastic meal, of course, and we able to share it with not only Ty's immediate family (all of us were able to be there but Ty's older brother and their family - they live in Nevada and were unable to come darn it) but also with Ty's Aunt Cindy and her family. It's so fun to catch up with relatives and enjoy one another's company, especialy with full tummies!
We had also planned a few activities for our Thanksgiving holiday a couple weeks earlier, when we were together for Chase's wedding, which included:
*Girls Night Out - the men were all angels and watched the kids while us ladies had a night out on the town. We went to the new and last Twilight movie which was very entertaining. It was just fun to go to a theater - not be interrupted with kids needing potty breaks or have to stand and rock a baby while watching a movie, etc.
*Wagon Ride - Ty has a sister-in-law, Haley, whose family's tradition is to raise and show shire horses. They are amazing animals and we got to see them up close and personal! Haley offered to take us all on a wagon ride and it was so fun - I think we should make it a tradition. :) They even have a sleigh too - can you just imagine being carried behind these horses in a sleigh near Christmas time - would just be magical right!?
Both Cash and Vanna got a turn at holding the reigns and directing the horses with Aunt Haley.
Rosie didn't know quite what to think of the beastly horses. She didn't care to be right up next to them for too long. It turned out that Vanna had similar feelings. Below you can see that Cash and Vanna got to sit up on another one of the Barney's shires and at first she was all smiles. Then the horse moved a little bit and I think she realized just how high up she was and just how big the horse was and she got a bit nervous. She ended up not joing Cash on a short bare-back ride around the driveway.
We played games together as a family, the cousins played and played and played, the kids went down to the barn, we went with Uncle Nick to collect chicken eggs for his neighbor - all these things combined with simply spending quality time together was wonderful and reminded me of just what it is I'm most thankful for. I love this time of year when we all seem better at counting our many blessings and as we do so, we find our hearts are easily filled with gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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