Thanksgiving Festivities

What a blessed Thanksgiving week! We had our friends from Massachusetts come in for the whole week and had a fabulous time together.

We started off by having Thanksgiving dinner on Monday with a deep fried turkey. OMG! It was amazing! First Thanksgiving dinner we have ever hosted and everything turned out great.

We invited our friends, Tom and Corine, to join us as well. We had 6 adults and 3 kids around this round table. It was tight but we loved it!

The men, even Silas, crowded around to eat the juicy pieces off the carcass before dinner. I think this will be a tradition for us to deep fry a turkey every year.

Jonas waiting patiently.

Tuesday we went to the swimming pool. Jonas is learning so quick, before long he will be swimming by himself.

Wednesday we headed to the National Wildlife Refuge. Took a 2 hour tour around to view wildlife. Bison, coyotes, raptors, deer, and more. What a beautiful land we live in.

Tim Holmes found a John Deere facility close by on the way home from the NWR. He wanted to share his passion of tractors to Jonas. I think Jonas almost has the same amount of passion for tractors. We can't wait to go out to Boston next summer to visit Tim and drive his own tractors. Jonas kept asking Tim "you have dump truck?" Tim would respond "I have 2 dump trucks". Jonas was his best friend all week!

Thursday was the Turkey Trot for Matt and Tim(and our good friend Annie Brown). They ran 7 1/2 minute miles for 4 miles. They enjoyed the beer garden afterwards.

Peanut gallery!

Friday we headed through Boulder to Estes Park. Stopped at Celestial Seasonings to buy some tea and looked quickly at the Shelby car museum.

All snuggled up to watch the Christmas parade.

Met up with the Taylor/Helton family. It was cold!

Jonas and Silas enjoyed every minute of the parade. What a wonderful time to experience with our boys.

This past weekend, we decorated inside and outside for Christmas. Jonas loves to help Dad with whatever he is doing.

After dinner, we took a stroll down our street to look at everyone else's lights. Silas pointed and would say "oooo". Jonas let us know that some lights were not light.