Thanksgiving

We were down in Virginia this year for Thanksgiving and for the first time did a deep fried turkey – which was delicious! Doug was the man of the fryer. It only had to cook for 50 minutes, which is my kind of turkey.

 Sophie got to spend a lot of time with her cousins, Quinn & Carley! All she wanted to do was hang out with the big kids all week – and luckily she got to. 

 Sophie hanging in a tree during our hike. The weather was beautiful all week – it was amazing!
 We also got to spend some time with Lexi & Sarah at the Meriweather Lewis playground. The girls had such a good time together. 
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We spent Thanksgiving down in Virginia. Mom and Dad had a house full and Dave cooked the ENTIRE dinner for 16 people all by himself (well, I checked on some things in the oven, but we won’t count that). 
Here he is with the 22lb. turkey. Thanks to Catherine and Hannah for bringing the meat thermometer or we might have been waiting until midnight for that sucker to cook. 
 Becky and me with Quinn & Carley
 Sophie had some close encounters with Vahid the tortoise. Soon he’ll be as big as she is. 
 On Thanksgiving morning we ran a 5K (Sophie cheered with mom from the sidelines). She probably worked off at least one piece of pie… maybe. 
 Sophie had her first taste of turkey.  From the looks of it she seems to like it. But we haven’t actually found a food that she doesn’t like. 
 We went for a hike on Friday. 
The Coughlin clan 
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