Thanksgiving Week

Between Dylan's family and mine, we had alot of stops this Thanksgiving...

First stop: Dylan's Dad's house
Mike made us a nice breakfast of pancakes and sausage. It was quite yummy. Evan watched his first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from his house. I hope that can be a new tradition for him.

Second stop: My Cousin Renee's House
Every year on Turkey Day, my Dad's family has Thanksmas...its a Thanksgiving/Christmas combo. We do the traditional Thanksgiving meal, then follow it with a gift exchange. Evan enjoyed seeing all of his family for the day.

Third stop: Dylan's Mom's House
Dylan's Grandmother, Aunt Lorraine, cousins Austin and Sophie came into town for Thanksgiving. We really enjoyed seeing the family from California since we didn't make it to LA this year to visit because of our little Evan. Evan's middle name, Lawrence, is after Dylan's Uncle Larry...we were all glad that Lorraine and the kids could meet his namesake.

Forth stop: Dylan's Grandpa's House
Visiting Grandpa Don's house is always a relaxing experience. We always have great conversation and this visit did not disappoint.


Final stop: Back home...ahhh.

We have so much to be thankful for this year.
Here is a video of the week's events:

Rice-Bean Reunion

Every year my Grandad's side of the family gets together for lunch. His name was Rice and his sister married Ray Bean...thus, the Rice-Bean Reunion. This was the biggest turnout we have had, all of Granny's children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild were present. This is our first family picture together in probably ten years.



After lunch, we went on our traditional walk around the pasture. (Granny lives on about 30 acres) It was a cloudy, cold day, but I'm glad Evan got to make his first lap of many to come.

Thank heaven for the Jumperoo

I've officially decided that all babies must have a jumperoo. We got him this one with the Monkey Seat (we call him our little monkey) and he LOVES it. He just jumps, jumps, jumps, which is great because it lets me put him down for a while to get things done around the house.