Thanksgiving 2014

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend this year! We started by celebrating in Cold Spring on Thanksgiving Day. It was also Jake's birthday so we had a lot of celebrating to do!! We had a wonderful meal and Father Alberic was able to join us. There was snow on the ground and although it was COLD we were able to get out sledding to burn some energy! The kids had a great time playing with some of Luke and Jake's old toys, so that was fun too! Grandma taught the kids a game last weekend when they were there...."hide the thimble", so we had fun playing that game a lot too!

It was Uncle Jake's birthday on Thanksgiving day so we had an extra reason to celebrate! It was great being able to all be together on his birthday! We went to Cold Spring on Thursday morning and spent the night that night.

Dressing up with Daddy's old toys!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jake!

Keeping busy in the morning :)

Sledding!

The best picture we got--and B is sticking his tongue out!

Sledding down the driveway!

Whee!!

Friday morning Luke went skiing in St. Cloud while the kids and I played at the house. We had lunch and then took off for Owatonna.  On the way to Owatonna Nora was crying and complaining that her ear hurt! :( I could tell it was about to start draining so I called the ENT. The ENT was closed and they recommended she be taken to Urgent Care. Nora really wanted my mom to come along, so the 3 of us went to UC together (my mom is unbelievable--she's about to host 10 people that night and 20 the next day and she goes to UC because Nora asks her to!) I am pretty lucky to have this Nana as MY mom! :) Turns out Nora's right ear was draining so the Dr. couldn't see if her tube was in, etc. He gave her drops and an oral antibiotic and we were on our way back to Nana and Papa's to see the Bormann's! Friday night we all stayed at my parents--and the kids had so much fun together. Nora and Madelyn LOVE playing together--they had a tea party, played in the kitchen and with the babies and laughed and giggled all night long!

Reminds me of me and my sister--so special!

Nora loves her Nana!

So happy together...in matching PJ's!

We tried for a picture with all the grandkids with Nana and Papa--Jack could not stand to wear footie PJ's and Bishop was reluctant to let him borrow his other Christmas PJs (he was afraid Jack would drool on them)! ;) So Jack stayed comfy and happy in his own PJ's....and was as cute as ever! :)

Saturday morning we woke up and the big kids help Papa get donuts, while the little kids helped Auntie and Uncle Ryan get bagels! We then visited Great Grandma Marlys! She was happy to see all the kids and Nora loved sitting on her lap! Great Grandma Marlys gave each of the kids a purple bear (they were actually from hospice) and they all enjoyed playing with them!

Jack loved playing with Great Marlys!

While Jack was playing with Great Marlys, the big kids were doing this!

Aunt Sandy gave the kids their Christmas Presents--they all got a Jan Brett book and Bishop LOVES his!! It's become tradition that Tim reads the story to Bishop, it's very sweet!

The kids table! Jack was napping for dinner!

Hanging out together after dinner!

This is what Nora made at school for the book for their class: She loves her daddy--it is so special!

We are so very thankful for so many things--and being together with family is right at the top of our list of things we're thankful for! It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and we're all excited to start counting down the days until Christmas!