Madeline Rose: Thanksgiving 2016

Family Awesome Night Turkey Family

We headed into the holiday season by holding a "Family Awesome Night" (Maddy's name for family craft nights) where we made ourselves a turkey family which we then hung in Maddy's room. It was a fun way to prepare for Thanksgiving! Soon after that Steve and I made Lefse to contribute to Thanksgiving Dinner at Chris DeCock's home just outside Seattle, WA. Steve and I were lucky this year to have Wednesday through Friday off work, so Wednesday morning we headed to Chris's home where we met up with Chris, his parents Jane and Dave, sister Kim and nephew Riley (oh, and his large and lovable boxer, Koda). We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday with the traditional deep fried turkey, potatoes, salad, lefse and roasted vegetables. Everything was delicious and it was nice to spend time with the DeCock family once again. Maddy got in lots of reading and games (Scrabble and the Fairy Tale Game) and loved hanging around Koda. This year she was almost big enough to stand her ground...almost. : )

Friday we went to the Seattle Market and walked through, looking at all the beautiful seafood, fruit, flowers, hats, scarves and artwork for sale. We then went to Elliot's Restaurant down on the water for our traditional oyster and seafood appetizers (one of my favorite stops!) It was lots of fun, as usual!

Saturday we headed out, but before heading back to Portland we took a trip to Lisa (Steve's cousin) and Nicole Lantau's to meet their little boy Miles! It was great to see Lisa and Nicole, meet Miles and give him a little dinosaur hat we picked up at the market. Maddy had a blast because she loves hanging out with kiddos younger than her AND Lisa and Nicole have 5 little doggies = heaven for Miss Maddy.

A fun trip all around!