Thanksgiving 2010

When asked about the highlight of Thanksgiving, the girls are quick to answer, "Grandpa A's big buck!"  Scoring in at 163 with 13 points, it is a big one.  In fact, the largest any Anderson family member has taken off their land, ever!  Much to Hadley's delight, she and Piper were even able to be apart of the gutting & skinning (I will thoughtfully leave those pictures off the blog.  Piper's exact words were, "Bith. Ba-lood." Whereas Hadley sobbed when she thought she had missed out on the gutting). 

Despite the pretty chilly temps, Kyle took Hadley out to his stand 2 of the 3 times he got out hunting over Thanksgiving (what a great Dad!). She could not have been more thrilled.  While they didn't get much for deer action, they certainly enjoyed being out together.  She's sipping on hot cocoa in the picture below. 

Don't worry though, I did my best to balance out all of this blood & guts stuff, and made sure to sprinkle in some shopping & coffee with Grandma A, Auntie Kim, and Auntie Kara.  Hadley even asked if this special girl time was something we could do everytime we come up.  Whew, shopping is as cool as guts.   

We were able to see Brooke hard at work at her great little local coffeehouse job on one of those girl excursions.  The thoughtful owners were kind enough to let Hadley & Piper decorate some beautiful Christmas cookies with Brooke's helpful hand. 





The holiday would not have been complete without some rough-housing playtime with their cousins, Sydney & Ava.  Thankfully no arms were broken this year (that is the very ottoman that Piper slid off of last Thanksgiving and broke her little arm on).

We capped off the Thanksgiving weekend with two Christmas concerts.  First, with the annual Ladies Night Out (with my 3 sister-in-laws, 4 nieces, and mother-in-law) to see Lorie Line's Christmas Extravaganza.  It was lovely as always - the food, music, costumes, but especially the company.  And Kyle & I had an official Date Night (thanks to Paige babysitting!) to see my personal holiday favorite, Tonic Sol Fa. 

We have much to be thankful for, and much to look forward to in this up coming Christmas season!