For Thanksgiving, my family drove up to spend the holiday with us. Tim and I enjoyed getting all the food prepared and executed. Tim brined the turkey, which turned out delicious, and I branched out by making ham in a crockpot and also stuffing in a crockpot, which turned out great! Since Mom brought her delicious apple pies and famous rolls, we definitely had plenty of good food to eat.
The kids enjoyed sitting at their little kid table, and Selah was thrilled to join them for the first time. They also loved the sparkling cider that went along with their meal.
It was great for all of us (my parents--Ed and Sandy Wilhelm--and my brothers--Stephen and Jonathan--and my Uncle Mark) to be together. Since last year we didn't get together because of dad's heart surgery, it was special we were able to be together this year.
After lunch, the kids enjoyed the uncles playing Legos with them. I think the uncles had a good time too!
Selah even surprised me and at one point "showed off" all her words to everyone. Every animal, color, family member, food, she said. Mom thinks she said about 50 different words. Some cute things: she calls Hardy "Ha-Ha," all her "s" words begin with a "d" (like star is dar), and she calls herself "See-See." So cute! I was thrilled she did that for Mom and Dad.
Since the kids were sad to say goodbye to everyone Friday afternoon, I took them down the road in search of tumbleweeds; I wanted us to make a cute tumbleweed snowman, and was excited we found several good pieces. We brought them back and got to work: Tim got out his paint sprayer and painted them white (he said he was glad to have a good excuse to get rid of some cheap white paint he had), we put them on a pole, and then found stuff for the eyes, nose, and mouth. I think our tumbleweed snowman turned out so cute!
We had a great time; I am so thankful for all the blessings the Lord showers on my family. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving!
