Thanksgiving Extravaganza Part 2

Saturday morning, Khan and family headed back home after breakfast. We wanted to get the kids out of the house but do something everyone would enjoy. We decided to go downtown Akron to Lock 3 and go sledding and ice skating. Cody and I had never gone down for this but Lock 3 is where the Fun Run ends, so we knew the area. It was pretty chilly, especially for the Alabama crew but we all survived and had a great time. 

Not enough snow was no problem for this inner-city fun.

It was a beautiful afternoon in downtown Akron.

Nathan showing everyone how it's done.

Morgan and Mikayla making themselves for aerodynamic for speed.

Cody and Hazel getting ready to go.

Pure joy!

Pepper's turn.

Pepper and Ben going down, while Morgan hauls his sled back up.

Hazel loved going down but was not the biggest help getting the sled back up!

Morgan takes after his Papa Goodier in more than just looks. My dad does the same thing with his tongue when he's concentrating.

Truly spent most of our outing napping and bundled up. She had a great time.

This is what I got when I asked her to show me her ice skates. This girl!

Cousin Nathan being a very good sport and helping Pepper around the rink.

Morgan making his way slowly around the outside the rink with Benjamin trailing him.

Time for Hazel and Cody to try it out.

This time Cousin Jacob came to the rescue.

Truly and I cheering everyone on.

Pepper explaining how hard it is to ice skate for the very first time.

Cody getting his sea legs back.
I think he looks pretty cute in this picture!

Now time to attempt a group shot.

Almost there...

About as good as it's going to get!

And their off again!

Sledding and ice skating is hard work. It's important to keep up your strength. 

Here are some Instagram closeups of some of the shots.

After all the little ones were in bed, this is how we spent our Friday night, until we managed to get everyone off their devices and play Clue!

Lots of kids kept asking Nathan if he was a professional and the girls were starting to swarm. I have some very handsome nephews!

Sunday morning, Kim and family left before church. After church, we put the house back in order and by dinnertime were too exhausted to do anything else. So, we headed to Chilis for dinner (our energy ox was in the mire.) 

Perfectly happy way to finish off our amazing Thanksgiving weekend. We LOVED having our family come to stay with us and share that time together. During the weekend I had a few moments of just pure happiness and felt very blessed and grateful for all the Lord has given to us!

Here are two videos from our fun day: