Thanksgiving Weekend

What an awesome weekend we had! I'm not sure we could have packed more fun into our four days than we did. We started with a great Thanksgiving meal at Grandma B's, with some aunts, uncles, and cousins. Then, we did some yard work for them.

Grandpa B. and Mom

Oh, those big blue eyes!

C and second cousin Zachary

Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Wayne

Then, we trekked to Muscatine, left the kids with Gram and Papa, and slept (for a few hours) at Mom and Dad's. We got up at 3:30 and went Black Friday Christmas shopping with Meg and T.J., and Mom and Dad. Chad was a wonderful asset to the team, as usual, by standing outside Target in line from 4:45 to 6:00am. As a result, we were all able to accomplish our assigned missions once we entered the store. Oh, what fun!

Friday afternoon took us back to Gram and Papa's house to celebrate Thanksgiving and Grandma Wee's 82nd birthday. Dianne fixed a delicious meal and used her fine china. We were extremely hard on her stemware...and she graciously forgave us. Perhaps the decorating help we gave her made up for it?

H and C

Next came helping Nana and Papa with their Christmas decorating. When we woke up this morning, our first significant snow had blanketed the yard. It was beautiful. The girls helped roll out gingerbread men, and the boys watched the train go round the tree. Chad was the lights man, and he does such a great job.