A Fun Thanksgiving

We spent five days over Thanksgiving at this home. We had six adults and four children, the youngest just 5 months old. It is a lovely home with a lot of space. The kitchen is large with a huge pantry that held all of our non-perishables. There is a large refrigerator in the kitchen, and a bonus frig in the garage. Plenty of space for all those extra beverages and Thanksgiving staples. We were able to park three vehicles (two trucks and a full-size SUV) in the available space. The primary suite upstairs is amazing. A separate toilet and shower room with dual sinks in the other part of the bathroom. There is an additional king suite upstairs that is nicely furnished. The only complaint about that room was that the toilet is rather low. Inconvenient for those who are 6 foot 4. The loft with the game table, gas fireplace and TV is a good second living space. The kids room was really well-equipped. We had a couple of minor injuries on the slide, so we told the kids they had to stop using it. The bunks in the room are built in, and each has a reading light. Very nice touch. There are a lot of toys available and videos for the kids. The laundry is in the kids room, which is a little odd but it works. You just have to finish your laundry before they go to bed. My husband and I had the downstairs bedroom and bath. The bathroom was fine, but the bed was barely 22 inches high. That was rather hard for us 70+ year olds to climb out of. If I had one recommendation for the homeowners, it would be to put a box under the mattress to elevate the bed. The home is very comfortable, clean, and nicely furnished. The dining table easily sat nine people, three of whom were children. There are five dining chairs and a large bench. It worked for us. The outside deck is pretty small so probably wouldn’t work as well during the summer with 10 people. The other downside for us is that the open staircase to the second story, which is lovely, probably wouldn’t work well for toddlers and maybe pets. We have both.