We are thankful

We are so thankful for so many things on this Thanksgiving! Our little girl, our families, our friends, our health and happiness and I could go on and on. And we were thankful to be with the Hennessy's in Pennsylvania at Aunt Kelly and Uncle Ben's new house to spend the holiday. We also got to see Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Tyler, Aunt Steph and Ella's cousins, Andrew and Connor. Yes, it was a very busy and loud house but full of fun! What do older boy cousins teach you right away?? To jump on the bed of course! And I think based on that big smile, she was having a blast jumping and falling over and over again.

Even falling down can be so much fun!

Then all three little monkeys fell down!

Ella was showing off all her new hair to her cousins and brushing her "bed head" away.

Aunt Kelly got some fun new toys and Ella had fun trying to color and play at the craft table.

Check out that expression! Not sure whose is more funny, Ella's or Ben's in the background?

We even tried putting all the kids in the bath tub together but Ella wasn't so sure about it.

How cute is this? Kelly and Ben reading all the kids bedtime stories. They were quite the hostess with the mostest! Kelly is a terrific cook and Thanksgiving dinner was so good! Unfortunately, Ella decided to have a meltdown during meal time so it was a little hectic and not the most relaxing meal but it sure was good and so were all the leftovers!

Once the kiddos were finally in bed and asleep, the adults had some fun! Tyler brought the new kinnect game, it is like the Wii but you don't need to hold a controller. We played lots of fun games but the favorite and most humorous by far was the dance central game. You basically mimic the dance moves from the videos. We all had some good laughs making complete fools of ourselves! Mike and Tyler had some brotherly competition with a dance battle. Advantage this time to Mike but since Tyler owns the game, I am sure he will be practicing up for a rematch!

I don't mean to brag (too much) but I did have the highest score of the night! I guess all that Zumba pays off!

The first 2 days were rainy and cloudy but on Saturday, the sun finally came out and we could go outside. It was FREEZING though! The wind was blowing hard and the temps were in the low 40's so it felt much colder. We all bundled up though to get some fresh air and play!

Grandma knitted all the kids these adorable Hokie color hats! We definitely needed them to keep our ears warm!

Connor and Ella hugging! I wish they got to see each other more often but Seattle and Charlotte aren't exactly right around the corner from each other.

Daddy and Ella all bundled up.

Grandpa teaching Andrew how to play football. Andrew and Connor love to play sports!

Grandma got all the kids these rudolph red noses also. Ella shockingly didn't keep her on too long but Connor sure loved it!

We all had so much fun jumping, coloring, dancing, playing and just being together. After a long afternoon of travel yesterday, we were happy to get home. Let's just say, traveling with a 15 month old who doesn't like to sit still is not the most relaxing flight but luckily it wasn't too long. It is funny because her first flight was a year ago when she was 3 months old and I was so worried how she would do and this year, I would have loved to fly with a 3 month old who would sleep anywhere and liked to be held! Oh well, hopefully by our next flight, she will be into watching cartoons and movies on the Iphone.

Grandma has a lot more photos and group shots on her camera so once I get those, I will post more then so this is only Part 1. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, can't believe it is already time to pull out all the Christmas decorations!