Thanksgiving Fun

Since we were doing Christmas with my family, Thanksgiving was a big Koford family event. Everyone was in town. We even had Alex and Loraine staying at our house! Because Thanksgiving break is such a short time, we had to cram lots of fun into a few days!

One of our adventures was to the Grapevine Mills mall to check out their little aquarium. For being inside a mall it was pretty impressive. It was dark in there so we weren't able to take too many pictures. Russell liked looking at the fish and was a pretty good sport even though he was starving by the end! 

Getting up close and personal with the fish

We also got to go as a family to the Dallas Arboretum again! There were still pumpkins that hadn't been sold or gone bad, so Russell got to enjoy them again. We also explored more of the grounds since they had the 12 Days of Christmas displayed in various parts. I didn't take any pictures of those... Oops. 

Family pictures with the pumpkins

Dave and Alex enjoying a break from all the walking. 

Ashlyn in the rose garden 

View of the lake from the Arboretum 

Russell explored and found a leaf to eat

This pumpkin is just my size

Relaxing on the fence 

Then it was time for the main event- food! Robin put me in charge of adding some decor to the table for the family to write on. I was nervous about making it look like it did on Pinterest, but it turned out okay. And dinner was delicious of course!! Love thanksgiving food!! 

Russell wanted to play with the pumpkin decor

Courtney had a fun idea to make shirts to wear while we enjoyed our post-dinner activities and dessert. They were fun to make and see all the different creative ideas!

Had to have a classic Koford family selfie