A new Wolf and Thanksgiving

Last week Mark received his wolf badge and a gold and silver arrow point.  He was so excited!  He did a pretty good job pinning on my pin too – not too scary.Each den talked about their heroes and those serving in the armed forces and the pack collected hygiene supplies to give to veterans.  And then we had a fun little relay about working together. The day before Thanksgiving the kids were a huge help.  Abbie helped me zest the oranges for the cranberry jello, Spencer washed the cranberries and Mark and Jessie each got to make there first pie starting with the crust all the way to making the filling.  It was a lot of fun to all be working in the kitchen together.Can you tell Mark didn’t want his picture taken.Thanksgiving was quiet and peaceful.  We finished up the jello and baguettes here before we went to Ken’s parents.  Mark and Abbie helped me make up some little place markers.  There we played a bunch of games and watched the kids dance and play on the Wii with Randy.

Grandpa carved the turkey and gave the drum stick to Mark.  IT WAS HUGE!!Afterwards Grandma gave the kids a “Christmas anticipation gift.”  They were all so excited to use their new Christmas pillowcases.On Saturday we had lunch with our great friends.  Afterwards I helped pin the binding on some quilts and the girls played with the scraps while the boys played Settlers.  Aren’t they beautiful!