Thanksgiving 2022

For some reason we didn't get too far on our thankful pumpkin this year, but we still were able to mark down some things we're grateful for.

Clara's turkey she made in school. 💓

The girls helped with cleaning and food prep on Wednesday.

Tessa and fam came on Wednesday night as Tessa was signed up for a puzzle competition with a couple of her friends. Dana had gotten tickets through Fix it Forward for the Fargo Force hockey game that night and Chad and Ben accompanied him there. Ben even caught the puck which was super exciting.

After Tessa got Dana going on a explanation of the different types and levels of engineers, Dana found himself in the midst of cleaning out his entire wardrobe with the support of Tessa, Elise and Brynn. Well after midnight and with what seemed only a few pieces of clothing remaining, they had a shopping list and a plan to hit up Black Friday to replace what was being tossed out....or demoted to the garage (of which there was a lot!).

Without Reagan this year to assist Dana on the ribs, Ben was on deck!

Dana took the kids on several rounds in the sled with the four-wheeler. It really was a nice day outside.

Several round of Catch Phrase and Nertz were played...

Master Gravy Maker at it again this year!

Happy Birthday to auntie Christel (on Friday)!

Aww- a birthday hug.

Tessa brought amazing desserts again this year.

In a role reversal from years' past Black Friday shopping, I was the driver and Tessa, Dana, Brynn and Elise were the shoppers. Had to get crackin' at replacing that wardrobe!

Success!

We stopped for a celebratory treat at Starbucks on the way home.

The sunrise was so pretty this morning.

Today Brynn and I stopped a few places downtown for Small Business Saturday and then ended at Kayla's (she is from my hometown and has a bakery in West Fargo now) for a hot cocoa bomb for Clara and Brynn picked out some macarons for herself.

One of the places we stopped at, Unglued, had posted on their social that they had this shirt and soon as I saw it, I wanted it! Luckily I found it today. I'm already ready for next Thanksgiving now.

We were so glad for all those who were able to celebrate with us. Thanks to Tessa for many of the above pics!

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Tessa said…

So much fun! Haha, the pic of Ben eating that truck cookie. Love the gravy maker pics :) Brynn's pasta dish looks fantastic; where was that? You can wear your lefse shirt all holiday season long (Oliver might say you could even wear it for Hannukah)!

November 26, 2022 at 11:26 PM

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