Ryan, Janelle, Kayson & Cora: Thanksgiving 2014

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving 2014

We headed to Clarion Wednesday afternoon... roads were fine until we got about an hour away... then it turned south! It got much colder... windier... and starting snowing. The roads quickly started being 'covered' and slick. As Ryan says - "it wasn't that bad." Ok honey. I was a nervous wreck! :)

We got to the farm safely... yes - thank you Ryan. :)

We just hung out with Mom and Dad for the evening... the kids played pretty well too. Cora kept Mom very busy - Mom just fusses over her a ton, and does whatever with her. We got the kids to bed fairly early, and then we tried to relax a little. It was a tough couple hours watching Mom... Dad has always said that she has a hard time at night time - she just will not sit still... at.all. The farm house is covered with hand towels, wash towels and rugs. I'm not joking. Ryan and I tried to pick some things up (in preparation for today), and just de-clutter a little. It didn't work. The moment we picked something up, she had already put it back, or something in it's place. It's amazing. Amazing what a brain can do.

Anyway... soon it was this morning. Of course, I didn't sleep well at all. We got up and started our day. I did a little cleaning and again, attempting the de-cluttering, which was fairly successful. Mom typically sleeps in, but she must have heard the kids and commotion, so she was up early.

Jill's and Tricia's came out around 11... and we did have a really good time. The food was great and we just really enjoyed ourselves. This afternoon, Cora took a nice rest... and us girls played a round of Phase 10. Always a family favorite. We had some great laughs.

Everyone started heading out around 5:00 this afternoon. We packed up as well and were on the road around 6. It was a good trip home... we are all unpacked and kiddos are asleep. I'm tired too. :)

I took some random pics... none of us as a family, but that's ok!