Thanksgiving 2012

Wow, November flew by this year!  Here were some of the highlights.

 

Erin has been on a mission to win big money from the local radio stations this year in order to help with her home renovations.  She managed to win a free turkey from the oldies station and was entered as a finalist for $1000.  In order to win the money the finalists had to meet at a local mall one Saturday to catapult turkeys across the parking lot.  The person who could fling the turkey the farthest got the money.  The catapult was built buy a group of high school kids as part of a science competition.

 

Here's the catapult.

 

Here are the students that built it.

 

Here's the catapult in action.  This isn't Erin's throw.  This was the best shot that I got of the thing in action.  Most of the other shots came out blurred.  It was fast!

 

Erin had the farthest shot for a while, but then someone else shot further.  We didn't stay to see who won because it was cold.

 

This is William and Paul watching the turkeys fly.

 

Lilly wasn't as impressed.  She took a nap during it all.

 

We had a great Thanksgiving.  William and I made decorations for the house.  He helped me make this thankfulness wreath for our front door.  We wrote something that we were thankful for on each feather and pinned it to the wreath.

 

We spent the actual holiday at Grandma Nina's house.  She made a great meal and we all had a good time.  Lilly wore her new turkey dress for the occasion.  This was the only shot that I could get of it.  She didn't want to stand still for long.