Thanksgiving, part 2

Tahli and Harper took a bath together one morning.  It was not the only fun family bath combo, but the only one with little enough kids to take their pictures. 

Cheese! 

Tahl was trying to help wash Harper.  

They were also cleaning the whole tub for us. 

One last picture before they got out. 

On Wednesday, we took the kids tubing.  Here they are all together before we started. 

Noah is EIGHT now. 

Look at Ava being all sweet and cute while Zev tries to be upside down in the picture. 

Ellie just came along for the photo opportunity. She always smiles when she sees a camera. 

Jaren is cute as always.

Noah was relaxing. 

Tahl didn't mind a little ride either. 

We found Zev a blue hat to go tubing (but it did have a rhinestone spider on it...)

Ava enjoyed tubing for a few rides, and then she was ready to stay down and play in the snow.

Poor Oren was dragging all these kids along. 

Ari was in charge of this guy! It was Tahl's first time to tube, and he LOVED it. 

He was  a little nervous at first riding up to the top of the mountain. 

He got used to it though. 

How cute is this guy?  

Karen always says that even his eyes smile, and I think she is right. 

Here are some action shots of Tahl and Ari tubing. 

Here are Oren, Noah, and Zev. 

Zev went all the way to the top of the mountain with everyone.  Only Ari and Tahl had to stay on the lower part.


Uncle Oren gave Zev a ride, and no one even fell off this year. 

Because it was "Thanksgivingkuh" Karen and Gregg had a Hanukkah party with latkes.  Zev and Tahl were so excited. 

They also thought it was fun for there to be so many menorahs. 

Always a little present opening. 

This is actually the next night of Thanksgiving. 

Going back in time, we had a great Thanksgiving.  Brad and I took the five biggest kids to see "Frozen" which they all loved.  That afternoon everyone had to go out to fry the snacks (oh, and the turkey.)

All the guys

Karen with her good friend Sherry (and Harps of course) 

Ari, Zev, and I

Harper, Tova, Buby Mary, and Jaren

While the turkey was frying, Zev was busy playing in the snow.

I asked Zev and Jaren to pose for a picture together, but she was too busy feeding him snow.

It is hard to smile with a mouth full of snow. 

These two were really partners in crime all week.  They had so much fun together playing and making trouble. 

It was possibly because Jaren is the sweetest child ever born. 

LOVE!

Yum?

This year, Tova, Brad, and Oren invented the perfect fried dessert.  It may not look beautiful, but the fried smore was the best thing they've ever made. 

The cousins opened matching PJs that night. 

It was the perfect time to take a picture with Buby and Buster. 

They are really a cute group.

Here we are Friday making art. 

Tova helped the kids on a bead project. 

Zev and Jaren made "super belts." 

After Zev got dressed, he got his face painted by Uncle Oren. 

Ava got a cupcake.

The girls all got their toes painted by Buby.  In fact, Zev ended up joining in. 

That afternoon the kids went to play at Monkey Mountain.

They had a great time. 

They really loved the crazy fast slide. 

They even got a little air. 

In this one, you can see Ava's princess crown. 

  

Zev was really loving on these cousins. 

That night at dinner, Buster got out the whipped cream. 

Notice that he also has sprinkles in his hands.  Zev was a big fan of this plan. 

We also got to have another night of Hanukkah. 

With more presents!

In this one, you can even see Tahl's puppy face painting from Uncle Oren.

This was the last night of our trip, and the boys had the best time ever.  They could not have been happier.  Thanks so much Karen and Gregg for everything!