Thanksgiving 2009

We headed to Medina and Cleveland this year to celebrate Thanksgiving with my side of the family. We always look forward to the full house with lots of food and lots of family. This year my entire family was going, and we were going to stay with Drew and Keri for part of the time, and at the Handy's as well.

The drive there and back was great with no traffic and limited pit stops :) We were able to celebrate Thanksgiving twice as we had most of the family there on Thursday, then 6 more additions to celebrate on Friday. All the food was delicious, and it was a wonderful time with the family. Since everyone was together, we were able to take some family pictures!

The Findlay/Hoenig Family

The Fawcett's/Kemp's (baby Sevrin)

The Handy's/Poknis' Family

Sarah Handy and her beautiful girls


Purcell's/Schmidt Family

Eric likes to stay with the Handy's on Thursday night so he can venture out on Friday morning to shop Black Friday. They left at 2:30 AM and headed to Best Buy where they got some great deals on a TV, camcorder and blue ray player. He came home after his adventure and got a couple more quick hours of sleep. I got to head out and shop later that day with my mom and sister-in-law, Keri for my first maternity clothes. They suprised me at checkout by paying for all the new clothes, which I was thankful for (but secretly not happy at all!)

After another full day of eating, we headed back up to Cleveland to celebrate my favorite nephew, Jack's 3rd birthday. Drew and Keri had decorated that morning after Jack left with his grandparents so when he walked in the door, everything was decorated and ready. He was shy at first, but warmed up once he blew out the candles and started opening gifts! What a wonderful little boy!!