Thanksgiving Weekend

2022 Thanksgiving was a busy weekend. We had a lot going on. First, we went to Grandma's house and we were so excited because Stephanie had baby James early in November. We spent lots of time holding James, waking him up to eat, feeding him, and just loving having another baby around for a while. Thanksgiving was relaxing and simple since it was just the Ockeys and Ferlans for dinner. The kids made pies with Grandma, the boys watched Buffalo play Thanksgiving morning, and we played a lot of games and did lots of baby snuggling.

Isn't James the cutest little guy?

Oldest and youngest grandchild on the Daniels side.

Dad loved holding James, too!

We all took turns taking care of this cute baby.

Seth also helped hold James.

Mom went to lunch with Angee.

Grandma is so patient with the bakers.

They each made a mini apple pie.

Seth loves cooking with Grandma.

Even Mark made his own pie.

Go Bills!

Holding James while watching the game.

Both James and the cat loved Mom!

We helped feed James every 2 hours.

Our traditional family pic by the fire place.

Everyone at Thanksgiving!

Dad took this photo of Mom. Does it look like she has antlers?

On Friday, we headed home because we had Christmas Trees on Saturday. But was also had TWO Christmas adventures to squeeze in on Friday. So first, we went to the Lightwalk at Tracy Aviary. This was a new event, and we really liked it. There were lots of fun light displays and great places for photos. We walked through the whole aviary and saw some pelicans and ducks, but most of the birds were inside for the night.

The light tunnel was the best part.

We took lots of photos.

We found other fun lights in the aviary.

Mom and Dad are so cute!

Seth liked the star light.

Dad had a fun idea to hold hands with the star light.

Only Seth would sit on Santa's lap.

Then we went to North Pole Festival at the soccer stadium. We enjoyed this event a lot last year, but this year we didn't like it quite as much. They had created a new light show in the stadium instead of having lots of lights to walk through. The boys liked all of the fun games to play, so we spent a lot of time playing. We took some fun photos, and then headed home to get some rest before a big Saturday.

There are a lot of fun photo spots at this light show.

Mark is such a great website helper!

Having fun walking through the giant snowman.

The kids got some light necklaces and Rudolph noses.

We played in the game area for a long time.

There were even soccer balls and a goal.

We are excited for Christmas adventures!

Saturday is always Christmas Trees with Dad's family. We all met at Grandpa Ockey's house and walked around to check out all of the updates and changes to the house. We layered up and drove up the mountain. There was actually snow this year, so the kids were able to do some sledding. It was a little rough and we broke a few sleds, and hit a few trees and bushes, but everyone had a lot of fun. We had to tromp around a long while to get some trees. Mom and Dad finally found a few they liked, and they chopped them down. It was a nice day in the sunshine and the snow. We stopped for pizza at Roys and ate a lot before heading home. Thanksgiving Weekend was perfect!

Mom loves being in the mountains.

Only Mark tromped around and looked for trees with us. Seth and Dax kept sledding.

Mom and Dad had fun together.

Seth on the big jump.

Mark heading for the trees and bushes.

He's okay, but he did crash!

Dax loves sledding the most.

Love this tradition--most of the time!

We also picked up Dad's old tapes from his house, so now the kids think listening to them is super cool.