thanksgiving in oregon

we drove down to eugene, oregon for thanksgiving weekend to visit john, jess, kate and john spencer. we had a really nice weekend eating good food, walking around the neighborhood, holding babies, reading to toddlers, etc. jess also organized a craft day with some of her friends, which was relaxing (and baby-free...for about two hours) and fun. i worked a bit on the christmas stockings i'm hoping to make for our little family. highlights included:

a wild rumpus
many stories
rides on uncle aaronawkward pictures of baby cousinsfriday night movie night
and isla showing an interest in dolls

thanksgiving with the H street crew

we had an early thanksgiving dinner at our house with our H street friends. we had a delicious feast and lots of good cheer. sadly, though, it was our last dinner with our friend shannon, who's been living at H street for a few months and is now off on new adventures (including european travels and fishing in alaska!).

here i am dolloping mashed potatoes. please note the tub of friend onions for green bean casserole in the background.
here are maryka and isla watching kevin eat his pumpkin cheesecake. (i love that kevin looks so happy about it!)

kevin challenged noah to an arm wrestling match. i'm not sure who won.

and lily read some bedtime stories to noah. thanks to caren for inspiring us to look up mary azarian!