Happy Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday. We spent the morning putting up Christmas decorations at home, and we ventured out to Kmart because the idea of going to one of the few stores that's actually open on Thanksgiving is fun. Megan wore a turkey shirt she painted in her Sunday school class. We really like the children's ministry at church.

Shortly after arriving home from our Kmart trip, we got our first snow of the season. It was just a dusting on top of two straight days of rain, but still pretty. Megan immediately asked if she could go play outside.

Megan also was thrilled with all our Christmas decorations. She's a big fan of dioramas and model train scenes, so she loves my Christmas village. I'm glad to have a garden window/greenhouse window over my kitchen sink because little fingers can't reach up there. I was able to fit my entire village there when I realized that our dining room hutch was no longer a safe place this year. Megan likes pulling a chair up to the sink to look, and she still can't reach it, so it's a win-win setup for us. And yes, that is Ralphie's house from "A Christmas Story" on the far right.

Yesterday evening, we went out to enjoy a turkey dinner with Josh's mom, her husband Bill, and all Bill's extended family. Josh's siblings from Kentucky also drove in to join us. Megan's favorite food at last night's meal may have been the deviled eggs. She ate at least three of them through the course of the evening. Here she is "dancing like a ballerina and falling down."

Josh's siblings, Justin and Jami.

And a family picture.