Monday, November 26, 2007

Thanksgiving in Colorado

Grammy and Papa arrived in Colorado on the Sunday afternoon before Thanksgiving. We had a weeks worth of activities planned. All of us were so excited to have them here for a visit. John and Brendan were going to lay tile in our remodeled master bathroom and Grammy and the boys were going to play, play, play.

Me - my goal was to not move. I came down with a nasty stomach bug on Wednesday and didn't really want anything to do with food until Sunday. I was so disappointed - we had planned a delicious Thanksgiving meal and I wanted desperately to enjoy it.

It started snowing on Tuesday night and we ended up with several inches much to the delight of Garret and Owen. They talked Grammy into going outside to play early on Wednesday, even though it was around 30 degrees. Owen lasted for about 15 minutes, and Garret and Grammy had to be dragged inside much later, just in time to go jump around at Monkey Bizness - our favorite bouncy place.

Me - I laid on the couch and slept!

Thursday morning came and it was time to get cooking. Barbara, John and Brendan went to work in the kitchen and had everything ready to go in the morning. They took the boys and Jameson on a long walk in Cherry Creek State Park. Jameson got to say hello to his prairie dog friends and the boys threw rocks into the stream.

We were ready to eat at about 5pm. Brendan and John were carving the turkey, we had the table set, and when I went to find Garret he was sound asleep on the couch! Happy Thanksgiving!

So these are the only pictures I got over the enitre week. I think Papa got some others. We ended up having a nice meal and a fabulous week. It seems like it went really fast and the kids are already asking when we will see Grammy and Papa again.

Papa and Brendan came down with the same stomach bug, and it slowed them down on Friday and Saturday. But they both managed to keep working on the tile. (pictures of the finshed project to come soon - maybe next weekend?)

We are so thankful for our family and we missed those who were not able to share the holiday with us.

Happy Thanksgiving!



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