Monday, November 30, 2009

Starting the Holidays...

Nick and I had a great Thanksgiving this year. We started off the day by going to Nick's grandma's house and having lunch with his family. There was delicious meatballs, appetizers, and even cheese fondue. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures mostly because my niece wasn't really feeling the whole picture taking thing. She was great entertainment for us though and is getting so big.

After visiting with the Hudson's we headed off to the Esslinger's for Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Andi went crazy this year coming up with great ideas to keep the kids busy and allow the adults to actually relax a little. Even she got to sit down for a minute while they watched Mickey Mouse on the projector screen...Uncle Brian is so cool. My favorite activity was going on a leaf walk with all the kids after dinner so that the dishes could get done and the kids could make a placemat with their leaves after. Here's a few pictures that I got from Andi of our leaf walk and Nick taking it easy watching football.


The next day Andi invited all the sisters over to her house to make these cool advent calenders that she found on a blog. At first it was overwhelming to have to create 24 cute little squares but once I got started I had way too much fun being crafty. Everyone's calender turned out super cute and fit their personalities. Here's a picture of mine:

I hope that everyone else had a great start to the holiday season and ate just as much as we did.

5 comments:

Stefani said...

love your calendar {your sister is amazing!!}

Bacchus Family said...

Look, I found my baby. I'll have to get some pictures from someone.

erin said...

Super cute! I want to make one!

The Riddle Family said...

Sounds like you had a lot of fun. I wish I could have made it on Friday. It was so sweet of you guys to make squares for me and hand deliver them too! I think it looks better than it would have if I had made my own squares! I miss our special friends... why did Elizabeth have to move?!

Kimberly said...

that calendar is really cute!