Perry Thanksgiving

Another Perry Thanksgiving has come and gone!  So much fun, so much food, so much FAMILY!  There was quite a crowd this year! (around 35?) It was the first time the whole Kuder family has been together in a while - I'd guess last Thanksgiving, maybe.  Fun times were had by all!

Annual family picture

  THE SITE

 THE HOSTS

THE "TABLE"

THE INFAMOUS APPETIZERS

Joshua and Russell were both SO excited to get to play together and played so well all day!  Both are surrounded by sisters, so they appreciate having a boy cousin all the more!

Brielle surprised us all by wanting to ride on the horses (She's afraid of carousels, after all.)  She must have ridden for nearly 2 hours and only got down because the horses were worn out!  She keeps asking when we're going back to Markle Juddy's house to ride the horses again - it's gonna be a long year for her!

This was Corinne's first Redneck Thanksgiving, as well as her first time meeting Papa and Mimi.  She enjoyed her own Thanksgiving feast of sweet potatoes, peas, and milk.

Cousin Beth is such a lovey girl

With Mimi

It was also our first time to meet our newest niece, Elena Gail.  So pretty!

 And, just to make sure it's thoroughly documented - Daniel has been growing a mustache for Mowvember November...just 4 more days left in the month...I might be counting down.  I think the other guys might be a little jealous of his uber-manlyness...

Mockstache Tribute

Josh's latest passions

I love it when Josh gets passionate about something...his latest passions are:

• swinging on his new swingset in the backyard
• giving Corinne zerberts...actually Corinne in general
• bike riding on his birthday bike and 
• chocolate ANYTHING

We still fondly remember when we finally fulfilled Josh's request for a tricycle.  He literally rode it or sat on it continuously for four days. It gave us such joy to see him enjoy a gift so much. Here's some pictures of him with a few of his current obsessions...

This week he has learned to get himself started swinging by pumping!  Amazing for a just-4-year-old and delightful for his momma that he can now swing unassisted (i.e. while I work in the yard or watch from inside the house!)

Corinne ABSOLUTELY adores Joshua!  She gives him the biggest, silliest grins of all.  I hope they continue to have a special relationship as they grow.

Priceless - almost makes me teary - there's nothin' sweeter than that

Brielle hasn't seen much blog time lately - not that she's not changing, growing, beautiful, and cracking us up (with a fashion sense like that, one can't help but love her).  We just haven't had any milestones to document...she'll get her very own post soon to update you on her latest and greatest!  For now a picture...