Christmas decorations

 When I was young, my parents used to take me to the house on Falmouth street to see all of the Christmas decorations.  This year, we were able to take Jeremy and Haley.  In the car on the way there, Jeremy was asking if they had a train and we weren't sure.  Of course they had several and he spotted them right away and was very excited!

Thanksgiving

 This year we had 4 different Thanksgiving celebrations.  It started in the beginning of November when we had it with our friends at our house.  We had 10 adults who were actually able to eat while the 7 kids sat at their table and ate-this was huge difference from when we tried it last year.  The second celebration was at my in-laws house on the evening before Thanksgiving where we enjoyed all the Thanksgiving fixings and the kids had a great time playing together.  On Thanksgiving day, we went to my cousin Jimmy and Desire's house where there were 35 people (12 of those were kids who ranged from ages 15 months to 12 years).  Everyone had a great time eating fried turkeys, lasagna and ham and playing all morning, day and well into the evening, The next day we went to my parents for a much quieter celebration.  My kiddos were the only kids there, so the adults were able to talk and even play a few games of cards while Haley took a nap and Jeremy watched a movie.w
   The pictures below aren't in order for some reason. I couldn't get it fixed, oh well!

Jeremy and his cousin Owen using the Ipad

Haley eating some pre-meal pasta

Jeremy and his cousins Tyler and Owen

Cousin Mia entertaining the boys with games on her phone

Haley with Grandpa Ficklin.  She learned how to put olives on her finger from her cousin Desire.  She ate 20 or so of them!

Haley saying "stinky"

Enjoying some late evening fruit loops before heading home

Haley taking Grandma Ficklin's cheesecake, especially the raspberries

Jeremy and cousin Suzanne

Tim's job for the day-frying the 2 turkeys

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