Thanksgiving at the Cabin

This Thanksgiving, my sister had the idea to have our whole family pitch in to rent a cabin together for all 10 of us kids to come and have Thanksgiving weekend together. A family reunion of sorts. 

Our first night there, the 23rd, we had a combined party for 3 of the grandkids who all turned 1 within a few weeks of each other.  We sang and they got to eat yummy birthday cake.  They were all too cute and a little messy too. 

The next day was Thanksgiving!  Everyone was there except for Justin by now.  We all were assigned different food to bring for dinner and other meals while we were there.  We made cinnamon rolls on Thanksgiving morning and then it was time for the dinner prep to begin.  Craig went to Snowflake and smoked a turkey in a pit for dinner and the rest of us stayed at the cabin cooking away. 

For a little while, it was pretty much just the in-law children cooking in the kitchen

Keeping the kids entertained

 Everyone sitting down for dinner! Everything was delicious and it was a dinner to remember.

After dinner, we decided to give Jax baby food for the first time.  He was definitely ready for extra food and he liked it.

 Later that night, Aunt Susan was sweet enough to get things together and let the kids write letters to Santa Clause.  They asked for Pokémon things, of course.  The whole time we were there, their cousin Isaac brought his Pokémon cards and they got really interested in it.  Grandpa Peterson even ran out to the store and bought some cards to had out to all the little boys.

 The day after Thanksgiving, Mom and Pete set up a game day at the church.  We had a girls and boys shoot out and a game of HORSE. The boys also had a game of one on one going.  Then there was a family shoot out and the winner of the boys and the winner of the girls each got $20.  Dallin and Milissa were the winners.

Playing on the stage

 There were game nights, mini marathon of Office episodes, a slideshow of over the years of our family, and just lots of fun and getting to hang out together.  I thought it was a great idea and hope we can do it again soon.

Our little family on Thanksgiving

I love my 4 boys!