Thanksgiving 2013: Part 1

We have spent the last couple of thanksgivings on our own, and although it's fun to make our own traditions, it's also nice to spend the holidays with family. So I was so excited that my family decided to make the drive out to Boise for thanksgiving this year! They couldn't come until thanksgiving day, so I cooked all day so we could eat right when they got here. And then when they came I was so happy and excited to see them that I forgot to take pictures of our table and our dinner! Oh well. It was a good night and we had a great thanksgiving feast!

The next day we took my family sightseeing. My brother wanted to go check out the BSU campus, so we took them on a little tour. Which is funny because we barely know our way around there, but we did our best.

(my sister brought her camera and took most of these pictures. which is awesome because I'm terrible at remembering to photograph things!)

It was fun to walk around, thank goodness it was a beautiful day! 

Later that day we took my family to the Festival of Trees. This is a fundraiser that a local hospital puts together. They get people to donate decorated trees and then they sell or auction them off to people in the community, or they donate them to organizations around town. The trees are on display for the public during thanksgiving weekend, and they were really impressive!

Great Gatsby tree

Favorite Movies tree

Polar Express tree

Wonka Wonderland tree

I'm so glad we went to this! I'm hoping it will become a tradition for us to go every year...

That night also happened to be the tree lighting ceremony downtown, so we bundled up and braved the cold! They had live music at the atmosphere was so awesome. Everyone was singing along to all the Christmas songs they were playing and were just generally happy to be there! 

before...

and after!

What a cool experience! My mom said she felt like she was in a Hallmark movie. We had such a good time, and I'm thankful we live in a town that has so many fun traditions during the holidays!