On Wednesday, November 21st, we packed our rental Jeep Liberty (the van was in the shop) to the brim with suitcases, baby supplies, food and Kastor. We drove 7 hours to McConnellsburg, PA, to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with Jeff's grandfather. The drive was long and filled with holiday traffic, but when we arrived in McConnellsburg around 6:15p.m. we were so happy to be with Pop Pop. Jeff's parents arrived on Thursday and we all settled in quickly. We had our Thanksgiving dinner on Friday due to Lee and Linda driving down on Thursday.
Friday we spent the day cooking, doing yard work and projects. The kids loved being with Grammie, Grampie and Pop Pop. Lily especially loved Pop Pop. She loved his cane and quickly named him "Pop Pop Crank". Although she can articulate "cane" perfectly, crank came out first and she just stuck with it. Lily followed "Pop Pop Crank" every where and gave him lots of hugs. One probably lasted ten minutes. We think she could tell Pop Pop needed some extra hugs and attention! Jeff was in charge of making the turkey and potatoes and Linda and I handled the rest. It was a real team effort. The menu: turkey, stuffing, potatoes, butternut squash, sugar snap peas, green beans with almonds, cranberry sauce and crescent rolls. Other than my green beans and almonds getting a little burnt, the meal was DELICIOUS! We also enjoyed some wine that we brought back from Italy and some apple pie and chocolate cake for dessert.
We also celebrated Lee and Linda's birthday a few weeks early, hence the chocolate cake!
The rest of the weekend we relaxed, did some projects around the house and spent quality time as a family. Unfortunately Jeff caught a little bug on Saturday, but was back to himself on Sunday. We feel so blessed to have a Thanksgiving with family. It is the first one we have celebrated in three years. Thanks so much to Pop Pop for having us. It was truly a Thanksgiving to remember!
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