We only had one Thanksgiving get together this year, as some of the Luiken bunch headed to Kansas City to spend the holiday with Mike and Trudi. We were all able to be together a few weeks later for Christmas.
Back in Iowa, the Balvanz, Larson, Danielson and Luiken gang gathered for a day of giving thanks and enjoying great food and family.
The kids have a Thanksgiving tradition that they've done since they could walk, (I may have posted about this in previous years?) The night before, they head over to Mom's and help set the table for Thanksgiving dinner. They then eat grapes UNDER the table. Don't know how it started, but it was something they'd done every year...until this one! There was no "eating-grapes-under-the-table" this year. Mom was kind of sad thinking that the kids thought they were too big to do it this year.
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| The Welcoming Committee! Even Baby Sammi had a vest & headress! |
She really wasn't grumpy!
The kids also had fun making Indian head dresses and vests out of brown paper bags. The Indians welcomed each guest as they arrived...even Nan and Pa dressed the part!
Pa wearing what I think is part of Uncle Steve's Eagle Scout outfit.
Pa made this!
Instead of eating snacks under the table this year.
The weather was so nice...and Lane's "favorite-at-the-moment" football team, the Detroit Lions played that day, so he was in the mood to play football! He talked about making everyone play all week!
The kids also always want to see Tom the Turkey before anyone cuts into him.
Nanny always has something "a little fancy" this year it was a horn-of-plenty made of bread.
We stuffed ourselves silly that day. Wish I had leftovers for lunch today!
1 comments:
the chief headdress is Uncle Richard's -- I believe Grandma Mary made it for him -- not sure if it was for a school event or for Halloween. Not even sure why we have it and he doesn't.
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