For FRIENDS!! God has blessed me with such good friends throughout my life.
Thanksgiving 2011
The week of Thanksgiving this year we headed to Albuquerque, NM to my Grandma’s house so that she could meet Amelie and see Nadia again. That will be a separate blog post, but I did want to mention where we started. From there we headed to Denver, CO to spend the weekend with our friends Randy, Jessica and their children. On Thanksgiving Randy smoked a turkey and Jess has prepped everything else the day before while we were driving up. The weather was so nice that the girls had a blast playing outside in the morning.
Abby set the table and made name plates for each of us. The food was fantastic as always with the Petermans. Jess made 2 kinds of pumpkin pie and a chocolate cream pie based on a Colonial Williamsburg recipe.
Here is Randy getting the turkey ready to become soup for Friday night. After this we headed to the park so the girls could run around.
After the park the girls did some crafts while Jess and I made our Black Friday attack plan and around 7 am we were on the road. Jess loves Black Friday shopping and it was a blast to just be together! We both scored some great deals and while we were gone Mike took Randy and all the girls out to breakfast. He told me that they saw quite a few other dads and kids which I thought was funny.
Friday night my Dad’s cousin Kathy, her husband John, daughter Emma and my Great Uncle Jack came over for soup and ice cream. Emma was about to turn 3 and it was so sweet to see the girls playing together. It was such a nice visit and we are grateful that they drove south to visit us.
The next morning we packed up to head back to Texas. The girls played until the last possible second and then we took some goodbye photos.
Thanks for hosting us this year Randy and Jess. We love you guys!!!
Thankful Thursday
Most of all this week: my life. I am constantly astounded by this wonderful life that God has blessed me with. My husband, my children, my family, my friends, my church and more. So thankful.
Star Wars Birthday Party!
This photo sums up Nadia’s total and complete excitement about turning 5!
As the children arrived for the party, we took a photo of them in front of the Darth Vader stand up that our friend Cynthia let us borrow.
Then we headed outside for “Jedi Training” which was a blast all the way around.
First the kids had to run or jump from hoop to hoop.
Then cross the lava pit.
Then more hoops.
They had to cross Sarnac’s pit and not get swallowed up.
Then they received their lightsabers and had some practice hits on the cones.
Then they battled Master Dwimble.
They finished it off with a lightsaber free for all!
Next we told the kids that their was a meteor shower in our backyard and they had to find them all. (it was foil wrapped candy).
We came inside for pizza and wookie cookies. Then cake!
Since the kids like to see the presents being opened we had the giver sit next to Nadia again. They are all so cute!
Nadia and Aunt Paula.
Nadia and Grammie.
What a wonderful day! Thanks to everyone who joined us to make Nadia’s day so special.
PS. here is Yoda on the way home. Somehow I missed getting a photo of him overseeing the party. Thanks Cynthia!