A State Park Thanksgiving.

We started out on Thanksgiving afternoon, everyone arriving from various parts of the East Coast. Ben’s family only gets together once a year, so it’s a looked-forward to time.
Here are some pictures of the weekend together.

The Thanksgiving meal:
just because it’s at a camp doesn’t mean it can’t be pretty. :)

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 The Deep South: where sweet tea abounds. :)

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 Ben and I made this Festive Autumn Salad ~
I love the English cucumber serving as a bowl.

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Cute kids were in abundance. :)

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During the day, the weather was lovely for hiking and fisbee football.

In the evening and when it got chilly it was a bit challenging to keep the smaller grandkids occupied – without them roaring around. :) We  made play dough for all of the little ones and that was a great quiet diversion!

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My sister-in-law threw a surprise party for the November birthdays one night!

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And she made a Red Velvet Cheesecake that rivaled the Cheesecake Factory itself!
And, it was one of the prettiest cakes I’ve ever seen.

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We snapped a few family pictures before everyone headed out.

Ben’s mother and aunt.

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Ben’s dad and sister Beth.

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The grandkids…

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… with Grandpa and Grandma.

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The Five Lovely Sisters.

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The Four Brothers, and the Father.

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The Whole Family. :)

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And that concludes Thanksgiving, Twenty-Thirteen!

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