We had a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l Thanksgiving this year at the Tanners’ cabin. One of the best parts was that Tricia came home from New York for the occasion. Blake was thrilled to make cranberry sauce with his favorite aunt.
Just the three and a half of us.
In addition to the feasting, football, and Rockband, we popped bubble wrap with our feet.
We colored file folder games for Humanitarian Aid.
The cabin was the perfect place to have Thanksgiving. There was so much to do both inside and outside and everyone was able to fit into beds or couches to spend the night. We did have a few electrical problems, however. The lights randomly went on all night long in two of the bedrooms. Of course one of the bedrooms was where Blake and I were sleeping (Troy slept separate so that his 5am work alarm wouldn’t wake Blake up). I think I put Blake to bed at least four times because every time he mellowed out or drifted off, the light and fan came on full speed in his room and he stood right up in his crib with confused tears streaming down his face.
It became an all night long battle with the lights; I’d turn them off and they’d go right back on. These battles lasted for several minutes at a time and happened every couple of hours. Then, each time the lights stayed off, I lay in bed wide awake anticipating the next time the battle would occur, hoping that Blake wouldn’t wake up. We finally outsmarted the lights by unscrewing the light bulbs. I’m sure that there was some electrical wiring issue, but it was kind of creepy and also incredibly frustrating to be at war with the light switches all night. We had a good laugh about it in the morning when I found out that the same light switch battle was happening in the room full of cousins below me.
The day after Thanksgiving, we all went to Zermatt, a Swiss resort in Heber. They had the most fun life-size chess board; life-size for Blake anyway.
We feel so blessed to have family nearby to create holiday memories with. We hope that you had a great Thanksgiving.
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That sounds like so much fun! Glad you had a great holiday. Josh has the same shirt Troy was wearing on Thanksgiving– our guys have great taste 🙂
What a lovely holiday it looks like you all had. Well except for the crazy electricity situation. Wonderful pictures. Your little boy is just getting so big and looking as cute as can be along the way!!
Looks like you had a great time.
I unscrew Grant's light bulbs almost every night. It is the only way he will stay in bed for me…:)
Wow, what a blast! You are looking geat by the way!
Cute pictures! Looks like so much fun.