We had a great Thanksgiving week. We had more than half of my family together and spent lots of the week playing with the cousins who came to town!
The day everyone got together happened to be Grandpa's birthday, so the kids made a huge birthday banner for him.
Happy birthday to our dear old Dad/Grandpa!
The weather was pretty cold and rainy for most of the week, but we did manage to sneak in one trip to the arboretum. I took one picture (I was not great at taking pics all week, most of these are from other people). Tyler was so sweet to help Harvey up to see the crazy bugs.
That same day we got lunch at went to the park by Monka's house.
We also spent lots of time playing at the church building near their house. The kids brought scooters and balls and we all had fun playing and running around.
One particular game of missionary tag found these two cuties together.
There were one or two times where we were between activities with sleeping babies and needed to be quiet. I led the kids in a long game of Simon Says
And Uncle Jeff showed the kids his favorite nature show. They were all fascinated.
Harvey was particularly happy when Eva was holding him!
My cousin Charlotte and her family were so kind to have us over one day (they live about 30 minutes from us). They heated up their pool and the kids swam for a bit. It was still pretty cold outside so they didn't last long, but we had such a fun time playing at their house.
We wanted to go out the night before Thanksgiving (enough cooking!) so Tyler suggested Mia's, a place he used to go to for work occasionally. It was a big hit with everyone! We kind of took over the restaurant, especially when two of my cousins arrived with their kids too. Such a party.
Free soft serve for the win! Max and Lyla were sure happy about it.
On Thanksgiving Day we spent the first part of the day with the Juergens crew. Gigi was so nice to host everyone, and at a time where we could make plans with both sides. It was fun to catch up with Uncle Russell and Aunt Pam and their boys too.
We then met up with the Andersen side at Monka and Ampa's complex clubhouse. It was a good place to have so many of us fit!
We ate and played in and outside while everything digested. After dessert and cleanup the kids put on a little play for us, re-enacting the first Thanksgiving.
Group picture outside of the family.
Cute cousins watching a movie upstairs at the clubhouse.
We ended the week with a few hours at Urban Air, where I only took this picture haha.
It was a wonderful week! We have so much to be thankful for and were happy to have some time off of work and school to spend together.
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