We had an awesome Thanksgiving week filled with lots of visitors and fun activities.
We are so grateful to everyone who came to visit. We love and miss you already!
Here's how the week unfolded!
Friday (the week before)- Tyler and Rachel's (Mark's sister) family arrived.
Saturday- Grandpa and Grandma Bates arrived.
But not before the HUGE bonfire!
Mark had accumulated a bunch of tree branches and stuff over the summer and we have been waiting for the perfect time to light it up. With Tyler there it was as perfect of a time as any.
These girls watched from a safe distance!
The other kids were mostly oblivious to fire. They were having way too much fun playing in the snow!
And building these little guys!
That night Mark was asked to play on a basketball team against the Harlem Ambassadors. Not sure if they are connected at all to the Harlem Globetrotters, but they whooped up on the home team pretty bad.
Bet you can't guess what subject Mark teaches in School!
Mark 's team of teachers. There was also a police officer team, radio station D.J team., and a bunch of high school kids.
Sunday- Was our "Thanksgiving" dinner. We opted out of serving turkey because most of us would have it later on that week. We served ham, funeral potatoes, a couple of different salads, rolls, and pies for dessert, instead.
The girls decided to dress up for dinner.
Monday- Mark still had school and the rest of us just chilled at home.
The kids played so great together. Here they are performing a dance for us!
And I did give these two girls a bath. I love how they were checking each other out!
Tuesday- Mark had school again. Abby did too. Her preschool was having their "Thanksgiving Feast" that day and she was suppose to dress up like a Pilgrim or an Indian. She was the cutest Indian around!
Rachel and Tyler left on Tuesday, and Grandpa and Grandma left on Thursday. Sad day!
We are so grateful for those that came. We know it's a long way to the freezing cold here.
But it made our Thanksgiving wonderful having you all here.
Hope everyone else had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
