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Thanksgiving 2016

We had a good Thanksgiving holiday again this year, albeit a bit quieter than previous years. We had been planning for Tessa and her family, Dana's parents and Brynn's friend Rosha and her family. Unfortunately cousin Elise fell ill with a bug on Wednesday, so we were missing them this year. 

Brynn made her own checker board and had Grandpa Kevin in a rousing game.





Dana had bought a smoker a couple of weeks ago and really wanted to smoke a turkey for Thanksgiving. I couldn't give up my traditional stuffed bird, though, so we did a bit of each. They both turned out well, I think. Dana's was Smokey and mine was The Bandit. :-)





Brynn made up another game: pin the feather on the turkey. It was super fun.







Grandma Holly brought some fabric and supplies for a sewing project to do with Brynn.



They made little Christmas stockings for Brynn and Clara's dolls.



Clara and me with Fataneh (Rosha's mom).




Brynn set up a little tea setting for her and Rosha. I'm pretty sure they ate more of those goodies than the turkey dinner meal. :-/




After dinner the girls treated us to some magic entertainment. Here is a video of their trick and then explaining how the trick works:

Magic Trick Video




Comments

theweckerlys said…
Aww, looks like so much fun! I'm so sad we missed out. I love Brynn's hair in the video and appreciate the "behind the scenes" look at their magic :) Looks like Brynn is going to be a great hostess someday with all her fun games and everything! Happy Thanksgiving, Froemmings!

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