Happy Thanksgiving

Today started a little earlier than anticipated as we were awakened by the blasts of our fire alarms. We had the fire station come out, although we could see no flames and smell no smoke. We didn't know what was going on. In the end we think it was the basement construction work that affected the smoke detectors downstairs.

Since we were already up, we got ready for our trip to the zoo for Feast with the Beasts. I made Kent donate his pumpkin this year. In return we got in for free today plus tickets to come back again sometime next year.
It was bitterly cold up there, but we still enjoyed seeing the animals, especially the elephants. Our pumpkin went to the elephant stomp. The little elephant, Zuri, played around with and ate our pumpkin while we watched. It was fun!

There's our pumpkin in the front with the hole cut in the side.

After the zoo the older kids and I went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. Kent stayed home with Josh who has had a fever for the past couple days. At my parents house we had a delicious turkey dinner and then played some Dicecapades (a game Sawyer got for his birthday from his friend this year).

We ended the evening watching "The Chipmunks" movie, and Kent's parents brought over some lemon meringue pie for those who like it (Kent).

It was a fun Thanksgiving!