Thanksgiving Day!

One of the things I am very thankful for about moving closer to family is the continuing of traditions. We started the annual Smith Family Thanksgiving Picture when Kaitlynn was just a baby. When we were in Idaho on Thanksgiving Day, I did miss the great cooking I knew was going on, but what hurt my heart the most was knowing that the picture was being taken....and we were not in it. But we are back and once again thankful to be able to celebrate special times with our families in person. The only one missing above is Brooke, our sweet 10 year old cousin. Hopefully next year she can make it.
This was the first year we did NOT take it on the front porch. But the lighting and sun spots were so bad that we voted to move it. I am glad we did. These turned out better than if we had done it in the normal spot.
Below is Poppa and JuJu with all but one of their grands! Sam was behind me doing crazy sneezes making Noah and the rest of them laugh.
Sam's brother, Phillip, with his wife, Heather, and Noah and Heather's parents. I had to put this one in. Sam was sneezing trying to get Noah to smile and he kept cracking Heather up.
There is the good one!
My mom, known as Haha, with four of her grands.
I just like this one.
That's it? That is all the pictures this so-called photographer took on her Thanksgiving holiday?
yes.
Why?
Well, my battery charger had fallen out of my camera bag in Mississippi and we were in Alabama and my battery was blinking "almost dead - almost -dead" so I was thankful it held out long enough to get these pictures!
Even though I don't have pictures to document it all, we had a WONDERFUL time. Filled with lots of laughing and way to much eating!