Turkey Day at Casa Vogel

My big brother, Ross, and his beautiful Chicago fam arrived here in Denver on Thanksgiving morning.  We've been eagerly anticipating their visit for the past month...the idea of having all four cousins under one roof was beyond exciting.  They had a smooth trip here and walked in to the smell of turkey in the oven.  We've never hosted Thanksgiving dinner, so we rather enjoyed decking the table and stove with potatoes, stuffing etc. etc.  Squirt went down for her nap right before we sat down to eat, enabling us to eat in a state of peace.  She's a tornado when there's food at her fingertips.  A complete tornado.  Luckily, Kira is far enough along in her pregnancy (with their first baby girl!) that she could eat normal food.  Despite not feeling super, she was a total trooper all weekend. 

After dinner we all headed to the park, via our "coveted by every little neighborhood boy" SUV's. I was in a state of bliss watching our families stroll around the neighborhood together. The weather cooperated beautifully (all weekend really). It was awesome watching the dudes and dudette frolick around the park and make traffic jams on the curly blue slide.  Over and over. 

After park time we loaded up in 2 vehicles and crashed the Syers/Jansen party. We can't resist Wes and Cara's delectable pies. They certainly know their way around the kitchen. It was fun for Ross and Kira to catch up with our Denver family. We headed home to get the little people tucked into bed - it had been more than a long day for the Kwas boys. The big people stayed up late for some adult conversation. Loved that. 

More to come on the remainder of our awesome weekend.  Figured this was enough pictures to start us off.