Happy Thanksgiving to everyone....we had an amazing week with family and friends...

We made our way down to CT on Tuesday, and that was the only part of the holiday week that was awful, since, with traffic, it took us 6.5 hours to get to Ledyard! But we woke up Wednesday morning to have a great day. I went for a nice long run on some of the scenic roads in the Ledyard/Mystic area (Gallup hill rd, pumpkin hill red, etc). Anthony, Amanda, and I took all the kids (minus Annabella--she was at a daycare party) for a little hike at this nature center in Mystic (it has a wicked long American Indian name that I can neither pronounce nor spell). The hilight of Wednesday night was the 'dance party' where Jackson set up these red and green strobe light things and the kids all danced to "Use your love tonight" by the Outfield (Callum calls it the "Edelman song"), "Watch me nay-nay," or "Sorry" by Justin Beiber. To my everlasting shame I will admit that I like certain Beiber songs :/

On Thanksgiving morning Anthony and I made our way to the Mystic waterfront for the annual "Turkey Trot 5K." Over 700 people ran this race! I dont think that many people in Maine even exercise at ALL...haha....

We got back to the Favry household to see the kids all watching the parade and waiting for Santa. Dinner was awesome with a fried 24 pound turkey, bacon and corn casserole, creamed onions, sausage stuffing, and a million other things....Papa and Grammy G showed up first with two dozen HoneyDew donuts...then Anthony's mom Joanne came with a great apple pie, and then Nannie and Upbob arrived and we ate, drank, and were merry. Nannie brought some crafts to do with the kids, and Papa brought some green apple Crown Royal to drink--up to that point, I had never, in my life, had a drink with my dad. Crazy.

We left on Friday morning so we could get home in time for Callum to march in the Waterville ParadeOfLights parade with his cub scout pals...

Nannie doing ChristmasCard crafts with the grandkids...

Cousins and buddies Callum and Jackson show off their new YodaStarWarsSanta hats...boy do these boys like to wrestle each other and play tackle games...haha

This was the 'dance party' I was talking about. I got some good video too! Dont know if you can tell, but both Callum and Jackson stripped off their shirts for the event....and Maira and Annabella were doing all kinds of funny hijinx rolling around on the floor...

Posing while on our little hike at the nature center in Mystic..

Papa and Grammy G slept over at the Favry house on Thanksgiving night, which was really special. And then, on Friday night, MeeMee and Grampy came to the parade and slept over after--two consecutive sleepovers with different sets of grandparents! Unprecedented and a great and special time!!