Thanksgiving 2018

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had another wonderful holiday and were so thankful that our families could be here to celebrate with us.

(Thank you to Tessa and my mom for some of the photos below.)

John and Tessa going head-to-head in the much anticipated Dr. Mario competition.

We were so glad to be able to FaceTime with Brynn's friend, Rosha, and her family who had moved to Seattle a year and a half ago. They had joined us for a couple of Thanksgiving holidays and since they moved, we have been missing them on Turkey Day. Rosha and Brynn chatted for quite a while.

I attempted my first cheese board for some appetizers before the main event. My fav was the goat cheese!

Sibling teamwork!

Dana smoked his bird, Geri, and I baked (roasted?) my stuffed turkey, Tom. None of our guests would commit to a clear answer as to which one they preferred so there seemed to be no clear winner. But, really, with lots of turkey and all the delicious sides everyone contributed, we were all winners!

Loved this pic of Ollie that my sister took. He likes to be right where the action is. hehe.

Pie time! My sister brought her wonderfully-homemade pies again: apple, caramel apple, chocolate pecan (my fav!) and pumpkin.

The older kids started a movie downstairs which left these two to select their own choice up in our bedroom.

So cute.

Tessa and I took all the girls to McDonald's on Friday morning for breakfast.

Brynn and Clara ended up going home with Holly and Kevin to spend the rest of the weekend with them. So, Dana and I went out and did some Black Friday shopping which included a new Christmas tree. We had been planning to put our tree up yesterday, but with the girls gone, we'll wait to do it next weekend when they're around.

And, finally, I had realized that this year was our 15th year hosting Thanksgiving! So, I pulled together some pics from each of the past Thanksgiving holidays to reminisce a bit! We've eaten a lot of turkey over 15 years. Haha. We love hosting this holiday, though, and are so glad for all the family and friends that have been with us each year.

Comments

theweckerlys said…

Awww, love the slideshow of Thanksgivings! Thanks so much for always hosting! This year was fun as always. We'll have to make up for the lack of game playing at New Years.

November 25, 2018 at 9:02 PM

Happy 10th Birthday, Clara!

Clara made a countdown chain to her 10th birthday. We baked a red velvet cake for her family party and chocolate cupcakes for her friend party. She looks so tall in some of these pics! Izabell's boyfriend, Neil, and Clara share the same birthday, so they all went out for lunch on their actual birthday on the 2nd. And then Neil had to get a tour of the Clara Express. Dana was in charge of getting balloons for the party and I sent him to Dollar Tree which apparently doesn't fill latex balloons, only Mylar. Dana "just knew" he had gotten the 'wrong' ones, and called me in a fit of rage over it and then followed up with this photo. haha. It all worked out just fine for Clara's ninja themed parties and I was able to pick up a few more black latex balloons from Cash Wise on my way home from work. Clara had already started partying at Prairie Joy's birthday party the night before, so I think she was short on sleep. I couldn't find her when I got home on F...

Mom + Brynn Take Chicago 2024

Brynn and I were very excited to embark on our mother-daughter trip to Chicago this week. We had gifted Brynn part of the trip as her sweet 16 birthday gift. We flew direct out of Fargo on Wednesday. We stayed at the Grand Plaza apartments on State Street in a VRBO rental. We loved it there! The building had an outdoor rooftop pool, library, gaming/movie room and gym on the 9th floor. This was us looking down from our 50th floor balcony. I refused to go to the edge of the balcony. Blech. (Photo credit: Brynn on this one!) Here are a few pics of inside the apartment that I hawked off of the VRBO listing. We got our things settled and ran next door to a Jewel Osco grocery for a few things and then got ready for dinner at River Roast along the Chicago River. It was very good and beautiful weather. I think Brynn said this was her favorite place that we ate at. Our waiter Jorge brought Brynn a carrot cake when we said we were celebrating Brynn's birthday on the trip. We came back to the...

May Happenings + More Birthday Celebration + Northern Lights + Mother's Day

S'mores on the deck... We got Brynn's team tennis pics back. They turned out great! I had to get a couple of pins and magnets. I should have taken a pic of Hubert and me spectating at one of her games last week as Hubert was sporting his pin. :-) We three girls played last week during a nice evening. Clara's class is doing an alphabet countdown to the last day of school. J was joke day. And Clara loves to share jokes with her teacher. She made her own joke book to bring. Cindy took Dad and me out to lunch for our birthdays last Thursday. It was such a fun time and Dad and I each got a cookie skillet for being the birthday kids! So delish. We went to Granite City. Always good! Dana and I went to Sartell, MN on Thursday night and arrived late. We stopped over at the after party of the groom's dinner for our friends getting married on Friday. I snagged their kitty for a snuggle. Roger and I were the photographers for the wedding which was beautiful. We had such a good tim...

Froemmings

Search This Blog