Thanksgiving with the Ryan's

Since Sean had to work Friday, he headed back to Wendell after dinner Thursday night. So, Friday morning the kiddos and I packed up and made the trek up 95 to Wilson. Pop-Pop had his traditional poinsettias for all the girls...and this year had one more added to the table. Here he is giving Kate her first poinsettia. So sweet!
Since Jackson's a boy, Pop-Pop doesn't give him a poinsettia, but he doesn't want him to get left out, so he got a cool, new fire truck!

After all the little girls got their picture taken w/ Pop-Pop and their poinsettia, Amy and I had to get a picture, too!

Here's Pop-Pop showing Kate her prayer angel... Of course, Jackson wanted to help!

And showing Emma her's...

Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop wanted a picture with all their great grandkids. Just to remind you their ages are 6, 2 1/2, almost 2, and 2 months. This was our first attempt...

(Pop-Pop's face is priceless!)

Mom-Mom's traditional Thanksgiving Jello shots! Cheers!

Our Thanksgiving project this year was cookie ornaments. As Amy was pulling them out of the oven, they slid right off of the pan onto the floor. Good thing these weren't for dessert! Remember last year's project?

OK, so yes, this could be considered a "playpen", but we did not put all these kids in there! This was their idea. Seriously! As you can imagine, it didn't last long before they were ready for some help out!! While the older ones were running wild, Kate found a comfy spot on Uncle Stevie's legs to relax!

Later in the afternoon, we attempted Round 2 with a great grandkids group shot. While we were getting all the kids rounded up and in place, I snapped this one of Jackson and Kate w/ MM & PP. It turned out so good!

And this one turned out pretty good, too! You can't expect perfection with these wild ones!!

After dinner, we got started on our ornaments. Jackson did really good with it...for a few minutes at least!

As always, we did lots of laughing while we were crafting! Pop-Pop had us all cracking up! I think he really liked playing w/ glitter!

I know you are probably anxious to see how they all turned out, but sadly I don't have a picture yet. As a matter of fact, all of our's are still in Wilson! That reminds me that I really need to get them, so I can put them up on our tree!