Thankful.

This Thanksgiving holiday, we packed up the crew and headed back to Kansas to spend time with the ones we love ... in some of our favorite places we love. It was nice to take time out of the hustle and bustle of life to share time together, give thanks, and count our blessings. Speaking of blessings, here are a few of our favorites from this past week...

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For these blessings, we are thankful.

We are thankful...

for autumn art projects from creative little minds.

We are thankful...

for a wall of handmade turkeys. To help the boys better

understand the meaning behind Thanksgiving, we made these

handprint turkeys with notes of why we are thankful.

And yes, that one turkey is thankful for video games!

We are thankful...

for good times with uncles, cousins, fathers, brothers.

We are thankful...

for really cool restaurants with dinosaurs!

In Kansas City, we went to lunch at the

T-Rex restaurant at the Legends.

We are thankful...

for sharing fun memories with our cousins!

We are thankful...

for Scott's family being all together over Thanksgiving.

We even celebrated some early Christmas festivities, too!

We are thankful...

for spending the morning

decorating cookies as a family!

We are thankful...

for small helpers in small aprons. Too cute!

We are thankful...

for little hands who love to try new things!

We are thankful...

for the lovely ladies in our family!

We are thankful...

for a delicious Thanksgiving meal with the Goff family!

We are thankful...

for a Thanksgiving dinner full of our favorite

family recipes just like Mom used to make.

We are thankful...

for a dad and his daughters.

We are thankful...

for a PARADE! Wamego had its annual

holiday light parade. Apparently, Santa has traded in his sleigh

for this shiny red combine ... the parade entry for Craig's company.

We are thankful...

for smiles, laughs, and a week of good times!