Sunday, November 25, 2012

Thanksgiving part two

After deleting files from Picasa with no change to the amount it said I was using, I uninstalled Picasa and installing another editing program to avoid having to pay a monthly fee to use storage.  Then Blogger still said I was using all of my storage, so I had to resize all the pictures to the smaller size.  It did upload a lot faster, but what a pain!
Moving on...
Thanksgiving in Walla Walla was a lot of fun as you saw in the previous post.
Vincent liked hanging out with the basketball.  I saw him dribbling quite a bit too.
 Elizabeth helped portion out the rolls in baskets to go on the table with her cousin who is just eight months younger than her.
 Abby had to have her special "bunny".  She always sleeps with bunny so it's a must have.
 This is my favorite of the family pictures my aunt took for us.  We are semi coordinating.  Brown/gray with purple and turquoise was our color scheme.  Olivia has almost all of the colors in her shirt and Vincent has a blue stripe on his.  Abby was going to wear a different shirt, but Olivia let her hold a nail polish before we left, not knowing that Abby can open those now.
 Dishing up.  YUMMY food!
 Abby sat at the end of the kid tables in the middle of the room.  Before long, she was the only one there.
 Soon Abby moved over by Nathan and us.  She carefully carried each piece of her table setting, with just some help for her plate.  She even had to have her little name tag.  Please note, that drink is grapejuice and rhubarb that my aunt brought, not water.
 Abby was a busy girl and even helped clean up the chairs.  She helps until it's done.
 My uncle told Abby to hide the ball.  This was the best she could do.  Can you tell by her shirt that she enjoyed her meal?  Also, that is why we take pictures first.
 Elizabeth multitasking while vacuuming with an apple in one hand.  She was hungry again.
 We went over to Andy's parent's house for dessert.  One of Andy's sisters made these cute little turkeys. The kids loved them.  Abby liked throwing some pieces down to Scooter and giggled a lot when he ate them.
 Sara and her family got back from David's mom's house and playing began.  The girls love ring-around-the-rosy.
 All fall down.
 Ezra is getting so big.  What a cutie.
 Torrie's family went home for naps after they ate and came back to see us.  Reagan was puzzled by the red light that shines on faces before the picture is taken.  She's growing up too.
We are so grateful for our families who live so close that we can be with them often.  We love the ones who live far away too and always enjoy our time with them.