Thanksgiving Celebration

We went to our friend's house for Thanksgiving again this year. It was a LOT of fun. Phil & Shanna so graciously open their home up to all their friends for Thanksgiving. There were so many people there it felt like home. The kids even had a lot of their friends to play with as well. Our friends have really become like family to us so it was nice to celebrate with them. It is also nice to see the kids playing with other kids just like they would play with their cousins. After a nice prayer and directions on location and serving of food we all made heaping plates of food. The kids were excited to have a table all to themselves..."the girls table" as they called it. They were well behaved at a table all alone. When one of them needed me one of their friends would not hesitate to yell out my name to get my attention. It was very cute how they all helped each other and asked nicely when they needed something. After eating (or picking at) their food the kids were excused to continue their playing. Jason and I had the chance to sit and talk with friends while the kids all played together. By 8pm we started the process of leaving. It always seems to take longer to leave somewhere than you think and we didn't actually get home until 8:45pm even though we live in walking distance (although we took the bus anyway). The kids went right to sleep after having so much fun for hours.