Thanksgiving Weekend!

Now that it is Monday, I think we have all recovered from a fun-filled Thanksgiving weekend!!  Steve was off for the entire weekend, which allowed us to see many family members and just spend timetogether as a family and do some fun things!  On Thanksgiving, we spent the day with Steve's family at his mom's house.  She made a wonderful meal, as always, and it was nice to relax and enjoy the company!  The picture at the top is from Thanksgiving - Shane insisted on being a cowboy! 

Shane and Daddy having fun at Grandma's house!

On Friday, we hosted a Thanksgiving meal at our house for the first time!  More of Steve's family came over, and it was again an enjoyable day of spending time together!  Since this was my first time hosting such an event, I was a bit stressed!  But thankfully all the food turned out well!  And I was ever so grateful to be cooking in our remodeled kitchen!  While I am always glad we did that, days like Friday (and Wednesday when I spent quite a few hours in there making the preparations for Friday!) made me especially glad! 

After watching a great Michigan victory over that school in Ohio Saturday morning, we took the kids to Bakersfield to see a show at the Crystal Palace.  It had been about six months since we had been there, so the kids were extra excited! 

The boys eagerly awaiting their ice cream at Dewars!  We couldn't go to Bakersfield without stopping there!!

And the girls!  Faith is thoroughly enjoying her mint chip ice cream!

Not the greatest picture of the kids, but they had fun posing by the statues as we waited to be seated.  And once again, cowboy Shane was in full getup!

He kept his hat on the entire time!  It was pretty funny!  And while I didn't capture any good pictures of the kids dancing, I think that was the highlight for them!  They were dancing machines!  Shane even pulled out some moves that we had never seen before!  They loved the music, as Chuck Mead sang with the Buckaroos, and did many of the classic Buck songs!  Two little boys asked Faith to dance, and it was cute to see them dance together.  She thought it was special to be asked to dance!  It was a fun night!  Thankfully Sunday was a bit of a slower day that allowed us a bit of a recovery!