I was so happy to be able to take some time away from work to join Joergen's "Thanksgiving Feast" at VFPNS this year. Per tradition, the 4-day kids were the pilgrims at the feast - a look Joergen pulled off in adorable style:
Thanksgiving weekend itself was nothing short of action-packed. We went to York to celebrate at Nana and Grandpa's house, and because Uncle Tim was about to be deployed to Germany for the next several months, we celebrated Christmas with them, too. Throw in the York Symphony Holiday Concert and a visit with some friends, and you have a pretty great kick-off to the holiday season!
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| Getting ready to fly Grandpa's RC helicopter! |
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| What's Thanksgiving without some football?! |
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| GG enjoying the beautiful fall weather. |
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| Loved this idea for keeping the true spirit of Thanksgiving! We read all the responses during dinner, and it really made the day extra-special. |
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| Aunt Jayne, GG, Dad, Mike, Grandpa, Nana, and Judy-- looks like a party! |
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| "It's almost as big as me!" |
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| Grandpa slicing the bird |
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| Nana's beautiful Thanksgiving table |
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| Liam, Mike and Judy, ready for the feast |
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| Me with my mom and grandma |
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| Aunt Jayne, me and Dad |
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| Aunt Doreen's apple pie, and my mince and pumpkin pies. |
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| Morning after Thanksgiving: Froot Loops and cartoons |
On Friday afternoon, we visited with my good friend Desiree and her kids, Landon and Sosie. We ran off some turkey on the playground and then went back to their house to hang out for a bit. Our kids always get along so well and it was awesome to see them pick up right where they'd left off. By the time we left, Joergen even declared that he was planning to marry Sosie :)
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| Playing Landon's drums-- J's favorite thing in their house, next to the toy guns! |
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| This was Landon and Liam pretty much the entire time. A glimpse into the teenage years, no? |
On Saturday, the NJ crew joined in the fun. College football and some couch-cuddling-- can't think of a better way to spend the day!
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| I'm guessing Joer had just been licked on the lips by Lilly... I can't look at this picture without smiling! |
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| Cuddling with Aunt Jackie :) |
On Saturday night, the York Symphony Chorus had their annual holiday concert at the beautiful Strand-Capitol, and we were so excited to be able to go and hear Nana and Grandpa sing!
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| In our seats, ready for the show to begin |
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| Intermission ("half-time") with GG |
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| These two! |
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| Our view of the stage. The boys loved seeing all the instruments! |
After the concert, we all went to dinner at OffCenter at the
Yorktowne Hotel, which is where Daddy and I had our wedding reception. We always love going there, and especially when it's decorated for Christmas!
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| Joegen, Genevieve, and Liam |
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| Nana and Liam |
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| Mayhem in the revolving door! |
On Sunday, we had an early Christmas celebration with Uncle Tim, Aunt Jackie, Colin and Genevieve. Not only would Uncle Tim be deployed for Christmas, but the rest of his family would be traveling to Germany to spend the holidays with him!
We started by trimming the tree...
... and then it was time to party!
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| Uncle Tim, Lilly, and Joergen |
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| Christmas sweaters! |
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| Given Colin's love of Legos, Liam wanted to make him a special Christmas gift. So he built him a little rolling house, and then painstakingly wrote out the directions to recreate it in true page-by-page Lego style. It was so cute! |
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| Nana and 3/5 of her grandsons! |
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| Monkey pile on Dad/Uncle Tony! |
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| Dad with his sweet goddaughter |
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| Present time! |
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| Liam and Dad loved this Star Wars book from Uncle Tim and Aunt Jackie |
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| Smile if you love Christmas! |
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| Working on Colin's new Lego set |
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| Liam presenting Colin with his gift :) |
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| I received the sweetest godparent picture frame from Geneveive |
Liam also gave Uncle Tim the book he made in school about something (or in this case, someone) he is thankful for:
So much to be thankful for, that's for sure!
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