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Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts

Monday, October 12, 2015

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was full of lots of fun with the kids!
We were all up at the cottage, and did some cottage jumping for the weekend as well.

We had some Avengers with us


And some quiet peaceful moments


Rory and Sam love it at the cottages.
At Orr Lake we had 4 dogs, 4 kids, 5 adults in one cottage. And all of the other cottages we full too

 

Katheryn actually let me take some smiling pictures


We went to the pumpkin patch (the same place we've been going to the last 3 years)
Nick had lots of fun running all over the place


The pumpkin patch has some fun toys for the kids to play with.
The giant tires were a hit (and I was trying to ignore the fact that tires are latex)


Katheryn got to ride some tire-horses


The boys played Avengers


Nick and Kyle had some races


Nick had some time with Grandma


Katheryn loved the jumping castle. She would get up so high!


Nick had no desire to jump, he was happy just jumping in his walker.


How much do 4 kids weigh?


Nick got brave and went in to feed the sheep. He let them eat right out of his hand!


Nick didn't want to go out into the field to pick his pumpkin (Kyle and Katheryn did though).
But he had his eye on the one he wanted


He just had to lift it up


Good try!

After a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner it was time for the Kushog Lake cottage
And a whole bunch of new cousins!
This time it was 5 dogs, 9 kids, 12 adults and 1 cottage. The weather was fantastic so we all ate Thanksgiving outside!


Katheryn is growing taller every day! I remember when she couldn't do this last year


Rory decided to explore the shoreline


And Nick just to rest


What is more fantastic that a pile of dirt at the cottage?!


Katheryn decided she was going to be queen

 
And baby Gwenny was all smiles as usual
 

Nick's ramp held up really well!


It was a great Thanksgiving, with lots of cottaging!

And the turkey song!
Gobble gobble, gobble gobble, gobble gobble, gobble get.

Monday, October 13, 2014

A Thankful Family

Thanksgiving means that we see a lot of family, and do a lot of travelling from cottage to cottage. It was definitely more fun with this guy dancing away


The beautiful weather for Thanksgiving meant that we had a ready-made backdrop for some pictures.



We haven't had a nice family picture for a while. So I knew just what I wanted




And of course some fun of well


There were a lot of kids up at the Kushog cottage.
The older kids were all excited to show Katheryn and Nick how to have fun in the leaves.
Like rolling down the hill!



And running through the leaves


Dumping leaves on each other



Making a leaf pile



And of course jumping in the leaves


The lake was beautiful, even Sammie went in for a dip


The kids even wanted to pose for some pictures

This is the surf board pose

With 25 family members and 1 cottage we spent most of the time playing outside




It was a great time to catch up with family, the ones who live near and also the family that we only get to see once or twice a year.


What a weekend to be Thankful!


Saturday, October 11, 2014

Thankful for Pumpkin Hunting!

 For Thanksgiving we went for our family cottage weekend.

All of the kids went to the pumpkin patch. The first things that they headed for was the maze. And found the way out. But after turning back in and making some other choices run through the maze


They had cow and horse wagons, so when Nick got tired then he could ride like the other kids. And Katheryn and Madi liked pulling each other too.


Nick liked taking some selfies!


Katheryn's favorite part of the pumpkin patch was the pumpkin gun! She got the target too!


Nick was very particular about what he wanted with his pumpkin!


While showing off his standing skills


The pumpkins were a great photo (and photo-bombing) opportunity.


The leaves were so beautiful! But I think that the kids got a bit tired of my pictures. But funny-faces are good too


Back at the cottage the cousins had some play time together.



And our last fire of the year.


And some hide-and-seek


 Talking about Thanksgiving, the kids were all very happy for their food and their family. And of course their cousins!