This year we went up to Montana for Thanksgiving to be with my mom's side of the family who live in Bozeman. We had a great time with almost all of the family being there. This was the first time without my Grandfather there as he passed away last spring so it was weird not to have him with us and a lot quieter too!
We stayed at my cousins' Abe and Sarah's and my kids had a blast playing with their second cousins, Natalia and Jacoby and older cousin Megan was a fantastic helper the whole weekend, playing with and watching the kids! We all enjoyed visiting and having time to laugh, play games and of course, eat delicious food! It was also special because we got to have my Uncle John with us for dinner and he got to meet Zachary. Brady and Olivia spent quite a bit of time singing to and talking with Uncle John this past summer when we spent a couple of weeks in Bozeman. It was special to have this time with him as his health has rapidly been declining and we don't know how much longer we will have him with our family.
I can't believe that I forgot to at least get a family picture and a group picture of everyone eating. I had also wanted to get family pictures of others too, but as you can see I did too much visiting and not as much picture-taking!
The tables decked out in holiday flair:
My cousins Abe and Sarah also hosted the event. We set up their bar with appetizers (pickles, marinated mushrooms and olive tray, cheese and crackers, shrimp and cocktail sauce, veggie platter, hot crab dip and crackers, sausage stuffed mushrooms and deviled eggs) and set up their main table with all of the main course: Turkey and ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, squash, applesauce, cranberry salad, white holiday fruit salad, green bean casserole, orange cranberry bread, rolls, stuffing (homemade with cranberries, as well as Stovetop!)
Me and my mom
Auntie Linda with Zachary
Crazy Uncle Jim getting ready to carve the turkey with cousin Abe and Aunt Donna
My mom and my Uncle John
First Thanksgiving at 5 weeks old!!!
One of my best friends, Natalie got Zach this adorable Thanksgiving shirt so he could look festive!
Uncle John and cousin Natalia (John is her grandpa)
Me with my little cousin, Rajon. He is SO ADORABLE!!!!
And speaking of adorable....
My cousin-in-law Ashley (she married my cousin Alonzo).
I love going to Bozeman because my cousins are like brothers and sisters and my cousins' wives are like sisters to me more than anything. We always have a great time and have so many laughs!
The Antonucci Clan:
After gorging ourselves on all of the deliciousness we all sat down to relax a little. The menfolk to watch the game and the womenfolk to chat and browse through Black Friday ads. We then had a very rousing game of spoons (who knew Aunt Donna was so competitive...watch out!) It will definately have to become a tradition!
To finish off the evening....
The dessert table: Pies...pumpkin, banana cream, chocolate cream, lemon meringue, apple pie and fudge
The next night we had a girls' night out at Sweet Chili's Thai restaurant which was also delicious but gave Auntie Donna an allergy attack!
The LADIES of the NIGHT: Ashley, Donna, Hannah and Sarah
