Thanksgiving Visitors

Rob's sister Juel, along with her daughter Betty and Betty's boyfriend Joseph, came up from Salem, OR to spend Thanksgiving with us.

Here's the younger crowd hanging out watching the Macy's parade on tv while the cooking was getting underway in the kitchen.

The day after thanksgiving there is always a parade in downtown seattle. Despite cold and some rain, we bundled up the kids and trekked on down for the event. The kids really seemed to enjoy it.
A big "Thanks" to old friends Miguel and Anne-Marie who donated us these snow suits several years ago--but which we hadn't actually used until now. (They actually say "12 mo." on the tags, but they fit our kids really well this year--except for the sleeves which are a little short.)
[And no, they aren't electrified suits--the camera flash just made the reflective piping really light up.]

That night we again bundled up and headed back downtown (this time +guests) to see the annual tree-lighting ceremony. (Juel is taking the picture. We didn't manage to get any good ones with her in them. Sorry, Juel!)