Thanksgiving 2014

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! My cousin Kristina and her family made the long drive down from Michigan to spend some time with us! We did a ton of activities around Atlanta and had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast!

The table setting...

A close up of the place setting with our wedding china, my grandparents' sterling silver and Ellasen's hand written place cards.

While the food was cooking we made a little kid friendly dessert! The kids had fun making little turkeys!

Finally Ready to eat! I didn't get a great picture because all the kids were ready to dig in, but the food was great! 

Thanksgiving night we took a trip down to Stone Mountain to see all the Christmas lights! We rode the sing-a-long train and played in the great barn! It was beautiful (but cold)! 

Friday we took a trip to the World of Coke Museum in Atlanta. We learned all about the history of Coke and got to taste all the different flavors from around the world. Afterwards we walked around Centennial Olympic Park home of the 1996 Olympics.  We topped off that outing with a trip to The Varsity (an Atlanta staple) for lunch. 

On Saturday we split up a little. Ellasen, Sofi, Kristina and I went to Cabbage Patch World Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, GA. It is basically a big store that sells Cabbage Patch dolls and accessories, but they also have all the staff dressed as nurses, a giant tree that "births" Cabbage Patch babies, a nursery where you can watch the babies get their first checkup, and tons of other cute little touches. You can actually pick (literally PICK) your baby out of a head of cabbage, name him or her and take an oath of adoption. The girls were beside themselves! 

A Cabbage Patch baby being born

The girls with their babies

While the girls were at Cabbage Patch World the boys went to the North Georgia Zoo. This zoo is super interactive, and I think the boys had a lot of fun. We met up with them after lunch, and we got to tag along for the pony rides! 

Last goodbyes

We forgot to break the wishbone before our company left so Ellasen and Tim did it! Ellasen won! 

We had a great time over the holiday weekend, and we were so thankful to have family in town to celebrate with us! We loved showing off our "new" state, and I am so glad the little cousins are building lifelong bonds like the parent cousins have with each other! I know we have many more good times ahead!