We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Since my family won't be together for Christmas this year, my parents thought it would be nice to get everyone together over Thanksgiving. So my parents, my brother's family, and my sister's family all came down to Houston to see me and Kirk.
My parents came on Tuesday. We went, as did every other Houstonian, to the grocery store to stock up on Thanksgiving necessities.
Wednesday was a trip to the park, a few trips to the airport, dessert baking, and secret santa shopping.
Thursday we cooked and baked and ate way too much delicious food. It was our first time hosting Thanksgiving in 7 years of marriage. Sam slept through most of the meal. After dinner we opened our secret santa gifts and played Celebrity.
Friday morning we held our first ever Cheney Family Turkey Trot. Seven of us ran a 2.9 (approximately) mile loop around our neighborhood. Craig won. Here he is with his trophy - the coveted Golden Squirrel.
As a sidenote, it's really fun to buy ordinary objects and spraypaint them gold. It really adds a little extra pizazz.
Later we went downtown to Discovery Green to ice skate, but the rink was closed due to warm weather. So the kids played in the splash pad. After naps we got together for dinner and played Celebrity again.
Saturday we went to Kemah Boardwalk which is really fun. The little kids loved the smaller rides and the adults all rode the Boardwalk Bullet - a fast wooden rollercoaster.
Saturday night, Gretchen coaxed Charlotte into taking some of her first steps.
(You gotta love Gretchen's face.)
Then we attempted a family picture. Thanks, Kirk.
The house has been pretty quiet this week. Come back soon, everyone!
5 comments:
Dan totally looks like a famous person at the park with his kids in that one pic with his sunglasses on while he's next to Afton at the park. I love your blue shirt too. How fun that your whole family got to be together for the holiday!
You got a lot of good pictures! we loved visiting you. wish i could move there and we could go to soul grooves together all the time! i am totally creepin over dad's shoulder in one of those pictures on the train...
You got some nice shots! Good expressions. Especially the one where Dan and Afton both have the same grumpy face.
Ah, the Cheneys! Loved all the pictures and I see that your family is tied with us, Adams, in the grandchild department.
Thanks for your gracious hospitality! we had a wonderful time. Love the pictures.
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