Thanksgiving

This was our third year hosting Thanksgiving for Drew's family, but it was Breanna's first!  We had a great time!  Breanna's Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Chelsie, Uncle Tim and Cousin Amy all came to stay with us.  It was Amy's first Thanksgiving as well, so it was neat for them to be together!  To top it all off, we celebrated Christmas during this visit also, so you can imagine how exciting our house was!
Everyone got to the house on Wednesday afternoon.  Our plan was to go to the Cincinnati Zoo's festival of lights, but it was raining and cold.  We decided just to relax and stay home.  I'm glad we did, because it was nice to be able to visit with everyone in the comforts of our own home.  Breanna took some time to warm up to everyone, because it had been awhile since she had seen them.  Grandma helped me give Breanna a bath though, and she showed Grandma how much she likes to splash and play in the water.  After that Breanna was as comfortable as could be with Grandma!
The next day was the girls' first Thanksgiving.  We watched Santa on the Macy's Day Parade and made sure to tell him that both girls had been very good this year! 

The women did the cooking while the men did some babysitting and football watching.

We had a wonderful dinner! I kept it pretty simple this year: canned yams in the sweet potato casserole instead of fresh, precooked dinner rolls, etc. The meal turned out great though. Breanna enjoyed sitting at the table while Amy actually got to sample some of the food!

 After dinner we opened Christmas gifts around the tree.  It was fun to watch the girls open gifts!

That night we put the girls to bed and played a few rounds of skip-bo.  We had a great time, until we realized the basement had flooded!  Our sump pump didn't kick on, and with all the rain we had been having it needed to!  Thankfully water didn't make it to the carpet, and we were able to clean up relatively easily.  Unfortunately this is the second time this has happened, so we had to figure out a way to fix the problem.  There's never a dull moment in our house!!
The next day Drew had to go to work while Uncle Tim and Grandpa put in a backup battery sump pump.  This was a lot of work, and we are beyond thankful!!!  They worked ALL day to get it in!
Everyone had to leave as soon as the work was finished, and we were sad to see them go! 

We have so much to be thankful for, and we are so glad we got to celebrate with family!

Say a prayer of thanks for our healthy, happy family of 3!