Thanksgiving 2016

This year for Thanksgiving we were lucky enough to have 31 people for dinner! It was awesome. We had both sets of parents, Benjamin's brother Scott his wife Suzie and 6 of their children including  his married daughter her husband and their dog. Peter and Danny came. Aaron and his wife Jen and their 3 daughters, plus Jen's father and his wife. We had  Bekah her adorable pooch Jett. Later Benjamin's two other Sisters Amy and Melissa and their families joined us for dessert. We loved it!  Not a single picture was taken, boooo! Imagine a beautiful dinning hall with lights and fall decorations...it was beautiful. We managed not to have a children table either. The previous owners left 6 bar height barista tables. The kids loved sitting high and we managed to have six stools that weren't broken :)  Later we fired up the hot tub and the kids swam in the freezing pool that was at a cool 57 degrees and then they would hop into the 104 hot tub. This hopping and swimming went on for hours, hours. The littles spent the night at our house and the teenage girls plus Anna went to their cousins house to watch the premier of Gilmore Girls at 1 am in the morning, crazy kids. On black Friday we honored our Thanksgiving by being content with all we had and not chasing any deals, I'm just getting old :) The happiest people I know are the ones who are thankful for what they have. Like Corrie Ten Boom says be grateful in all things.