Thanksgiving in Bakersfield

We went to Bakersfield for Thanksgiving 2013 and had so much fun.  We love Grandma and Grandpa Richards and are so blessed to have them in our lives.  

These crazy boys were assigned to peel the potatoes, and of course they made it into a game.  I'm pretty sure they used to play this "game" as boys.  

 On Thanksgiving we had dinner at Mike's cousin Thad's house.  Ev was already exhausted the second we got there.

 There was a kids' craft area set up in the back yard for the kiddos to play at.

 Here's cute Tesla swinging.

 I love Grandpa Richards.  The's truly one of the most incredible men I've ever met.

 And Evera just kept sleeping.  :)

 But he did finally wake up with crazy hair and tired eyes.  :)

 It was fun to help in the kitchen with these two amazing women.

 Good thing Evera woke up, because he sure had a fun time playing in the back yard.

 Little stunt man!

 And of course, he had to play with the ball too.

 The girls all had a blast playing on the swingset.

Oh, dinner was delicious too.  :)  After dinner we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's.  The girls had fun throwing flowers into the pool.  Not so sure how thrilled Grandma and Grandpa were about that...

 Even though it was less than warm, Evera had to get in the pool.  With his clothes on.

Little pill.

 Here's Melia trying to help clean the flowers out of the pool.

 The kids had a lot of fun, but of course my kids were the one that had to get INTO the pool.

 We finally just took Ev's pants off because he was getting soaked and refused to stop getting in.

 This picture cracks me up because he's jumping out and both his feet are off the ground.

 Yay so much fun!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a great Thanksgiving!