Happy Turkey Day

Well, we have had a busy last week, but a very fun one.  We went down to Pasco for Thanksgiving to be with my family and we had a great time.  There are a lot of pictures though, so just scroll to the bottom of the post if you get tired of looking at them all.

Whitney loved the family dog, Zoey.  It took Zoey a little while to warm up to her, but after Whitney gave her a couple of treats, she seemed to think Whitney wasn't so bad of a person.  It was cute how Whitney would call out to Zoey whenever she was outside because she wanted another chance to pet the dog.  Maybe one day Whitney will get to have a pet dog, but that is several years down the road.

My dad decided to burn a bunch of dry weeds one day while we were in Pasco.  Whitney was really interested in the big fire.  Thankfully, there were a lot of eyes watching her to make sure she didn't get too close to the flames.  We took the chance to make some delicious toasted marshmallows.  Whitney and I stand by the stick for the first picture before we toasted; that was a hard picture to take because the dogs kept wanting a treat.  I gave my toasted marshmallow to Whitney and she seemed to think it was good; she kept saying 'yummy'.  Half of the marshmallow went to the neighbor's dog who had a hard time getting the sticky treat off Whitney's hand.  So that was pretty funny.


Then came the grand turkey day.  It was a great feast.

Here is the turkey table decoration that Will's mom sent us.  She said it was a gag gift, but I thought it was a pretty cool turkey and deserved a position of honor on Thanksgiving.  So here it is front and center.  Whitney really liked the cool feathers.

Isn't that a beautiful turkey?  Whitney wasn't too interested in getting her picture taken by it, so she looks kind of bored.  But Will and I are happy because we know it is almost time to feast.  And there is nothing like a big feast when you are eight months pregnant.  My dad has always been the official turkey carver.  I hope Will does that too when we make our own turkeys.

Eating corn on the cob for Thanksgiving is normal, dipping pickles into jello is a different story.  Whitney seemed to really like dipping the pickles though and as long as she was eating, I was happy.  Thanksgiving was great.  Thank you family for letting us come down and hang out for a couple of days.

Here are just a couple of other pictures from what we Cheney-ites are doing.

We got a fair amount of snow the weekend before Thanksgiving; Whitney loved playing outside in it.  This is the little one foot tall snowman that we made.  Whitney thought it was hilarious that we used rocks for eyes and a carrot for its nose.  And did you know that is is illegal in Alaska for a kid to build a snowman that is taller than him or her?  Isn't that just a random law?


We received a wonderful baby care package from Ruth and Dana that had some cute clothes and little booties for baby Isaac.  It also had a hex bug because Whitney just loved playing with the one Dana owns. 

Here Whitney plays with the little bug.  She would laugh whenever the bug would touch her foot or go under her legs.  So thank you Ruth and Dana for the wonderful presents.  They were a big hit (especially the peanut butter mnms for my pregnancy sweet tooth).

I believe this is one of the pictures Whitney took, with a little help from mom.  Will was having a fun time making faces one night, so we got out the camera.  It was fun. 
Anyway, that was a lot of pictures, but don't say I didn't forewarn you.  I hope everyone is doing okay and had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Bye!