We had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend! It all started Tuesday night when I picked up Amber from the airport and we headed south to Alissa's (Amber, Alissa, Liz, and I were BYU roommates). We spent Tuesday night and Wednesday together. It was so fun spending a quick day together. Wednesday night my cousin Kara and her family (Kevin and kiddos Mylee and Bennett) arrived. We loved having them stay with us all weekend! We did a lot of visiting, hanging out, they had a few of their own plans, and we had a few plans together. Thursday Ryan and Kevin played in a Turkey Bowl while Kara and I took the kids on a walk and baked our portion of Thanksgiving dinner. We went to Matt and Camie's house to join the Jensen family (Nan, Keith, Amber, and Taylor) and Amy and Andy's family for dinner. It was an amazing dinner with wonderful company. The babies took naps during dinner so Ryan and I had an especially nice Thanksgiving dinner. We ate a wonderful meal and enjoyed visiting for awhile before Owen joined us for the festivities.
Ryan got up bright and early before work Friday morning to join the black Friday shoppers at Cabela's to get us a generator. Kevin was gracious enough to stay home with the kids while Kara and I went shopping at a more normal hour. It was fun to do that together. Friday night we went downtown Minneapolis to see "A Day in the Life of an Elf". It was so cute! We loved seeing everything the elves do in preparation for Christmas. At the end we got to see Santa. We were curious to see how Owen would do given he did not like Santa last year. As you can see he wasn't so sure at first--I think that picture is so funny, his face and reaching describe exactly how he feels, but he settled in quickly and did great on Santa's lap. He also sent a letter to Santa. Afterward we took the McBrides to one of our favorite cafe's, Yum! I can't believe this picture of Owen and Mylee is the only one I got all weekend. Overall they had a lot of fun together and Owen loved palling around with her.
We made plans awhile ago to spend the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Stansels. Kara and Kevin took off to the Mall of America for the day and joined us for dinner. Amy and I had great plans for a project we wanted to do. We worked on that while the boys watched football. Lucas and Lucy joined us for a little painting while the Owen and Jane took naps. It was a fun day!
I thoroughly enjoyed our holiday weekend and hated to see it come to an end. We have so many things to be thankful for, one of which is being able to have so much family nearby to spend the weekend with!
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