{Thanksgiving with a little bit of Chocolate}

Thanksgiving was a little different this year for our family.....well a lot different then another Thanksgiving. This year we got invited to go to Hershey Park with some friends. The plan was to leave on Thanksgiving stay 2 nights and head back. Hershey Park wasn't really that far away so we said, "sure." {well with a lot of thinking}. PLus to go in the off-season was less then 10.00 a person. We had fun we really did and I don't have regrets going, but I was robbed from my Thanksgiving Dinner. Instead we ate at Cracker Barrel and had a nasty cafeteria Thanksgiving dinner {well it wasn't mine : )}We didn't have a wonderful thanksgiving prayer cause we always feel awkward about saying prayers out loud in public, so we said it after dinner in the car and was interrupted by our friends honking at us :) {I'm so not mad I think it's pretty hilarious.} I thought I would make a Thanksgiving dinner when we got home sometime but never did. But what we did do was have a lot of fun at Hershey Park with our friends from Long Island as well as our friends from Vegas who live an hour away from Hershey. They were on our way home so we saved some money {Thank you Smiths} and we stayed with them the second night and played with them the whole day and drove a couple of hours and we were home! Very fun Trip. Here is the proof.

Hershey was such a darling little town. Really it was. All brand new and nice!

 I love the Light post made out of Hershey Kisses!

Before you enter the park you have to measure yourself up and find out where you stand and what rides you can go on. Here were the finally results.

Mason Minatures Hershey Kiss

Emberlynn-Hershey Kiss

Addison- Reseeces

Alix- Hershey Bar

Mom & Dad- Jolly Ranchers BAby!- and Jon was sure Jolly about that!

 Mason's first ride was awesome!!! He loved every minute.

Then I took him on one that was a bit more faster and that ruined it completely. It took such a long time for him to relax and enjoy the park again {the the rides}

 Emberlynns Favorite Friend is Lucy. She really worries about her a lot.

The girls had a blast.

 Mason still not a fan of the rides.

Finally, a ride Mason enjoys. I think I crunched up in this vehicle a few to many times for this boy.

Very poor shot, but Check out the giggles on this ride and then there's poor Hannah.

Jon's Friend Charles. The Hunters are new in our Branch. They came from Staten Island after doing a Podiatry school. We are so happy to have more friends and such awesome ones!

One of my favorite rides.

 Check out the views! Rachel does my hair. She is so awesome! We trade our services!

This ride would go so high and turn around so you can see the whole park. Very fun and relaxing.

NOt sure who let these kids take the wheels. Watch out!

Mason found his favorite ride!! Check out the smile!

I made Emberlynn and Mason go on this ride a few too many times while we waited for Jon and the big girls ride there ride. Can you tell they are out of it completely. We played so hard.

 Everything was so cutely decorated for Christmas.

Some rump got in my shot...

Here we go, now with MB not looking!

We took the tour to see how they make all the chocolate. Very fun Factory, you could do a million things there.

We even got free samples after the tour. Fresh chocolate is soooo much better then the other stuff you buy at the store.

After the fun day in Hershey we drove to the Smiths out. Mason did not want to be in this picture. It was too much for him.

Our kids hit it off so well. Maybe too well. I just received a text from my friend Stacia who said Madden made a little girl cry at church because he didn't want to marry her that he was going to marry Addi in NY. So cute!

Even Emberlynn and Dawson hit it off too. They were playing together so well. From what I hear Dawson is a typical boy, but MB had him playing dollies and he was surely showing off his soft caring heart!  Oh no What's going to happen when they are older? hahaha!

Well that was our Thanksgiving. Fun fun! I forgot to tell you one of the best highlights of the trip was after dinner on Thanksgiving. I dropped off the family and me and Rachel went to Walmart and Target for Black Friday Sales. I NEVER WOULD DO THAT ON LONG ISLAND. Especially the Walmart. Let me remind you all that my Walmart is the one that someone died cause he got trampled over.