Carter's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Program

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving the kindergartner's at Carter's school put on a special program for their parents. There were songs sung, and poems recited. Carter had been practicing for weeks. Each child was dressed as either a Pilgrim or a Native American. Cammie and I were lucky enough to have the chance to go and watch. There is Carter smack-dab in the middle.

After the program the kids had a feast. They contributed to the meal, and even helped to prepare some of the food.

Cammie got tired of watching the other kids eat,and decided to help herself to Carter's plate. Carter didn't mind sharing.

I wanted to record Carter's class reciting their poem. While I did that I neglected to pay attention to my squirmy toddler who was sitting on the bench next to me. As soon as the class got started Cameron managed to fall off of her seat, hit her head, and started screaming at the top of her lungs. Obviously I had to put down the camera to scoop her up and take her out of the room so that the other parents could enjoy the show. When we got home I had Carter recite it for me by himself.

It was a cute way to begin the Thanksgiving week.

Thanksgiving in Oregon

Gregg's brother Jeff, and his wife Cindy are currently living in Klamath Falls, Oregon. This year everyone thought it would be fun to have Thanksgiving there. It was a full house for dinner. 20 family members, including some of Cindy's family were there.

The week began with Gregg's Mom Kathy taking Kyle up to Oregon with her on Sunday. She also took Courtney and Ashley with her. Kyle adores his cousins and was happy to spend some extra time with them and his Grandma. I can't being to tell you how quiet it was around the house while he was gone. Carter had school Monday and Tuesday, and Gregg was on a job, so we couldn't leave until Wednesday morning. Wednesday was a long day. It took us 10 1/2 hours to drive the almost 600 miles to Klamath Falls. But the drive was beautiful, (well, most of it) and traffic was light. We stopped a few times along the way to let the kids and the dogs run off some energy.

About 8 hours into our drive we and ran around in a field in Redbluff.

Happy to be out of the truck for a few minutes!

We got to Jeff and Cindy's just in time for dinner.

Then Uncle Jeff gave all the boys a bath before it was time to get ready for bed.

Thanksgiving Day was great. The kids played with their cousins all day while the rest of us visited, cooked, watched football, and relaxed. I realized after I got home that I didn't take very many pictures of all the festivities. So some of these photos are care of Cindy.

Chris and Penny. What a cute couple!

Cammie and Grandma B, being silly.

Cindy and I were both taking pictures of the food so I shot a picture of her, and she got one of me. Ya, I know...Dorks! ;-)

Carter, and Jackson. Two Peas in a Pod!

Penny and Courtney

The feast! Cammie doesn't seem to be enjoying it at all, does she?!

After eating way to much on Thursday, we had a nice relaxing day Friday. We went to the playground (but only for a few minutes because it was freezing outside.) I took Carter, Jackson, and Kyle for a walk, and they found a big leaf pile to play in. It was cute!

Later we all took the kids to the indoor swimming pool.

This picture is blurry, but I couldn't resist posting it. Kyle Loves his uncle Chris and was right by his side the whole time.

My Birthday was on Saturday, but that day we would be driving home. Kathy was sweet and bought me a very yummy cake, and everyone sung "Happy Birthday" to me on Friday night.

Gregg bought me a present and Kathy found a very clever way to wrap it since we didn't have normal stuff. She used a napkin and rubber bands. Isn't it cute?

Here is my sweet Carter.

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend filled with family, food, and fun.