Whew...I am tired after a long and fun holiday weekend! I don't know if it is because I am getting older but I find myself becoming quite sentimental about the holidays. I really cherish the times that our family can be together and I am very thankful for our family. Here is a run down of the activities of the weekend.
Thursday: We started off the afternoon by having a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at my Uncle and Aunt's house. My brother and his family were in and we all had a nice time together.
From there, my parents, my brother and I and our families along with my cousin went to see my almost 89 year old Grandma at her assisted living home. We had a nice visit with her. She is getting older (will turn 89 on Dec 10th) and not doing so good, so it was a blessing for us all to be there. All 5 of her great-grandsons were able to be with her at the same time. As you can imagine it was quite chaotic at times have all 5 boys there, but we wouldn't have traded that time for anything.
After leaving Grandma's, Dustin the boys and I headed to his parents house for our second meal of the day. We were able to visit with Dustin's family. I was very excited because I got to snuggle and hold my sweet nephew Brock who is getting so big!
After leaving Dustin's parents house we ended up spending some more time with my parents and brother and his family. We actually had our 3rd Thanksgiving meal of the day. Can you guess what we had? Betcha you can't so I'll tell you. We dined on White Castle's around 8 pm that night because it was the only place opened! How funny is that?!
Friday: Let me first start by saying that I for some reason could not fall asleep on Thursday night. It was seriously after 2 am before I finally fell asleep. The alarm was set for 4:45 am so I could get up, shower and set off for a morning of shopping with my cousin! We shopped for a bit and I was home by 9:30 am.
I rested a bit and then it was time for movie and lunch with my mom, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, Dustin's aunt and family friend. We went and saw the movie "Four Christmases." It was quite funny but not too funny for my niece. It is definetly an adult movie. It wasn't bad but had some adult situations that we weren't prepared for. Hopefully some of it went over her head as my mother-in-law said!!! Good luck answering those questions, sister-in-law!
Then it was home for a nap and off to my parents house. Dustin had to help my Dad get his new HD tv all set up. And a big thanks to Mom and Dad for dinner that night!
Saturday: We stopped by Dustin's brother's house to help them put up Brock's crib which also happens to be the crib that Logan and Luke used, although they didn't get much use out of it. Hopefully, Brock will enjoy it more.
Then dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings with my parents and Scott's family before they headed back home.
After dinner, we went to the mall for a bit more shopping with Grandma and Papa. Then home finally!
Today: We went to church were we discovered that Luke was running a temperature so we came home right after church (no Luke was not in the nursery; he won't stay in the nursery so Dustin had him the whole time...we did not contaminate the nursery!) took naps, ate dinner and am hoping to get to bed soon.
See what I mean when I said "WHEW!" What a crazy, busy, long weekend, and except for a few illnesses along the way (hope you feel better Aunt Vickie, Caleb and my Lukey!), I wouldn't have changed a thing. I love my family and love to spend time with them.
I hope everyone else had a nice Thanksgiving too!
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