We had such a blast in November! We didn’t take many photos because we were too busy having fun (and being busy) but we took a few (which you’ll see below). We kicked off the month celebrating Connor’s 6th birthday. We’re so glad he and his family were visiting us during his birthday! Aunt Shannon decorated part of the house while the kids were asleep and Connor woke up to awesome birthday decorations and got to wear a fun hat all day. Hank loved getting birthday donuts with Connor (and Kai, Mia, Aunt Shannon and Uncle Amos) and we had a great time celebrating with him. Its hard to believe he’s already 6 years old! We’re so glad Amos, Shannon and thier family came to stay with us. Hank had fun having other children at home to play with and we enjoyed special time together with everyone. We had fun baking apple pie together. The kids really enjoyed using the apple peeler/corer and stirring the apples with the spices. We all enjoyed eating the pie – delicious!
Tyler kicked off the month with his Dad on thier annual opening weekend of Deer Season hunting trip. He missed the birthday fun with Connor, but he shot a large buck (I think it was 10 or 12 point) that trip which was both exciting for him and wonderful for our freezer (and our bellies). He had a great time with his dad too!
We went to the cabin with GG and Grandad in November. Usually we go in late summer/early fall, but the cabin was being rennovated so it wasn’t available then. We had a great time there in November and will share photos from that trip in another entry.
We returned from the cabin shortly before Thanksgiving. Hank enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at his school with his classmates. It included such traditional American foods as turkey hotdogs and macaroni and cheese. 🙂 Still, he had a great time with his classmates. He’s really been enjoying preschool and continues to enjoy Kung Fu.
Since Sarah’s side of the family tends to celebrate together on the day after a big holiday (with the exception of Easter), we had no real plans the day of Thanksgiving. As it turned out, neither did Uncle Ben, Aunt Nancy, James and Paul so they came over and we had a great time hanging out together. We love spending time with them and we all had a wonderful time. James informed us that the food we ate that night was probably traditional because he thought the pilgrims probably ate venison and squash (we had venison sausage wraps and spaghetti squash for dinner that night). That was an interesting thought. We enjoyed what has now become tradition, turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, etc. with all the cousins and other Aunts and Uncles at Grandpa and Grandma’s house the day after Thanksgiving.
Aunt Laura, Uncle Jon, Alyssa, Megan and Christopher came to town for Thanksgiving and we celebrated Christopher’s 9th birthday while they were here with a special gathering at Uncle Ben and Aunt Nancy’s house. We had a great time seeing so much family this month and Hank, as always had a blast with his cousins. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives!
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