Thanksgiving at Kanuga

We spent a wonderful week at Kanuga for Thanksgiving. We have never been there in the fall/winter before, so the views of the mountains were very different but equally beautiful. The activities changed up a bit too...it was fun to experience Kanuga in a different way.

 Many, many, many (many many) hours were spent fireside. Disregard Mark's flip flops in the picture above..it was COLD! Of course we all spent time in the library...reading books and playing giant checkers.

 This was the last the kids saw of the iPad...I told them a little white lie...that a man picked up all the iPads because they are not allowed at Kanuga. Although not altogether true, they needed this break from electronic-land for awhile...we all did! And below...the bathtub pic. I will be so sad when they don't want to take this pic each year...maybe they will just humor me!

 Look at those pretty girls headed to church! And below, Tyndale's painful "Im having fun" face.

We were in a HUGE cottage this year, so we bunked with the LeBlancs and for a short while, the Plues. They are some of our friends from Guest Period 1. We were NOT going to eat sub-par turkey with Mark LeBlanc around...he brought his turkey fryer and made a turkey that was TO DIE for! And Dorothy's mimosa skills were not to be taken lightly either!

The turkey was OUTSTANDING...did I say that already? What a super fun day! Afterwards we went on a family hike around the lake...and look what we found! A beaver had chewed this tree down. Cool!

This face Tyndale is making just cracks me up...like the harder he smiles the faster the picture will be over. So funny.

 They had family arts and crafts one afternoon and this was so fun. We made recycled paper ornaments and even some wooden ornaments that we wood-burned.

One afternoon we just wanted to be lazy and Mark had the brilliant idea to tell the girls that the one who stayed on the couch the longest would get a dollar for the canteen. They snuggled in right by the fire and loved it!

Meanwhile our "fire-tender" Tyndale made sure the fire was well taken care of. The picture below is from the Square Dance.

 One day Brad surprised Quinn with a trail ride through DuPont. They had such fun and had a special daddy-daughter day. Fun times at Kanuga and special memories made with family and friends.