Thanksgiving Day

Today has been a fun day. The kids spent the morning with the men of the family while my mother-in-law and I worked on our part of the meal. Uncle Charlie suggested that they take the kids up to his job site and see the truck he drives every day at the mines. So, they had a field trip which gave them some good exposure to strip mining and big equipment. They found it to be pretty cool. You can see the trucks were gigantic. Apparently just one of the tires on Uncle Charlie's truck costs $40,000 to replace! Ryan's family has lots of history in coal mining and it was neat for the kids to get a glimpse of that world.

This afternoon lots of the cousins, aunts, and uncles were here for dinner. Ryan's daddy is one of 9 children, so there are always lots of kiddos around on the holidays. We spent the afternoon surrounded by lots of family and LOTS of food! Couldn't help wishing our little Abe was here to taste some of his Nana's chicken and dumplings or Aunt Stella's famous fruit salad- next year! Thought I'd include some photos of the day.

Pap and the Grands next to some BIG tires!

Isaac in the cab of Uncle Charlie's truck.

Lily showing just how massive the tires are.

Uncle Charlie giving Lily a boost up.

Isaac and his cousin, Christopher

Aunt Stella with "the babies."  Hudson and Eli are such cuties!

Lily and her beloved cousin, Chelsea