Thanksgiving in Seattle, 2012.

This year for Thanksgiving we headed to the Seattle area to visit some of my cousins.  We had such a fantastic time, minus the drive up there, which was pretty awful.  It took us 5 hours instead of 3, and Elna cried or whined most of the way.  We chose a bad time to travel and Elna refused to take a nap.  We stayed Wednesday and Thursday night with my cousin, Debby and her family.  They are a lot of fun and great hosts!

Thursday, we headed to another cousin’s house to spend part of the day and eat Thanksgiving dinner.  Laura, her husband and 6 kids are also vegan, and Debby & Randy were good sports, so we had a very delicious vegan feast—basically a normal Thanksgiving dinner minus the turkey.

Here are some of the pictures I took from Thanksgiving day:

                                                         Randy & Jonathan                                                                                                                  Debby & Jonathan

Elna has a slight obsession with chairs right now—climbing on them, pushing them, and using them to stand on to get what she wants.

Brian reading to Elna & Wells

Brian reading to Madeleine & Wells

Elna & Gretchen

Me, Debra, Laura--cousins—our grandparents have 8 children.  We are each a child of one of our grandparents oldest three children.

I really wish these cousins lived closer, but three hours isn’t too terrible, and it was definitely worth it to see them and catch up!

We considered spending Friday sight seeing in Seattle, but it was pouring rain and chilly, so we headed home a little earlier.  Elna was awesome on the way home—she slept the entire way!  Yay Elle!