Thanksgiving Weekend

Our Thanksgiving weekend started off a little rough with a failed attempt at getting some family pictures taken (that's another story), but it ended up being a really great weekend. On Wednesday afternoon, we took Makenna to a park in our neighborhood, and she LOVED it. She kept wanting to go down the slides over and over. I can't wait till this Spring when we can play at the park more often.



On Thanksgiving Day, we went out to my Mom and Dad's house for the afternoon and evening. Makenna loved it because there were lots of little cousins running around to play with. After our big meal, my dad took us all on a hayrack ride. It was quite cold out, but we bundled up, and since my parents live out in the country, it didn't take us long to find some horses to pet. All of the kids (including Makenna) loved being able to see and pet the horses. I hope that this hayrack ride will become a Thanksgiving Tradition.



On Friday John and I were able to go on a nice date. (Thanks mom and dad for babysitting.) We did a little Christmas shopping, and then went to dinner and a movie. We use to try to go on a date once a week, but since having Makenna our date nights have usually consisted of watching a movie at home after Makenna goes to sleep. I am hoping that we can start having more regular date nights out.

I love this time of year when we get more time to stop and be grateful for all of the wonderful friends and family in our lives. I thoroughly enjoyed the Thanksgiving break this year, and can't wait for Christmas!