Thanksgiving 2013

This year for Thanksgiving we had a big Durtschi get together at West Piney Creek Cabin. This place was awesome! The perfect place for getting a bunch of people together. I think we had a total of 52 people there at one time and I think we maybe filled half of it. There are bunk beds for everyone, a big open space for eating and playing, a kitchen with a double range and huge fridge, places for camping in the summer, a huge slide and prob a lot more I'm forgetting. It was perfect though. And so much fun!

Jacob was a HUGE hit, to say the least. It's been a little while since we've had a baby at an activity like this and let's just say, I think the ONLY time I even saw him was when I was feeding him. It was actually a nice little break! :) Of course little sleep was granted to me on this trip. Between staying up late with everyone playing games all hours of the night and getting up with Jacob at night for feedings. Sleep was a low priority.

Of course the Durtschi family can't get together without having some kind of competition. Our usual Thanksgiving competition of choice is a very long game of 50 man speed. But since we had no access to a basketball court this year, out competition involved the huge slide, icey rugs and lots of stair running. So, the race went like so... You start at the top of the slide. Obviously, since this is a race, you want to get down the slide as fast as you can, which is where the rugs rubbed in snow to make them icey came into play. After you reached the bottom you had to grab your rug, then take it with you as you made your journey back up the stairs. The timer stopped when you crossed the line at the top of the stairs. Yup... This was our competition. And it was a lot of fun! I was a little chicken to go very fast down the slide so I didn't do very well. But over all my cousin Coltin got first place and cousin Caleb got second. They both did the run 2-4 times. My sister Shelyn got first out of the girls. I don't remember any of the times.

The course

 Icing up the rugs

  Getting ready to go...

And we're off!

 The winner!

My turn!

Wet butts :)

The rest of our time was spent eating, playing games, hanging out and just having fun!

I think we will be spending more Thanksgivings here in the future. Everybody had a blast!

(P.S. No... I am not a photographer, 99% of these photos where taken by my cousin Christopher Durtschi. And yes... He's good! So all complements go to him!