Tuesday: laughter

Here are some long awaited things from the vacation that I wasn't able to post...

Here's Flurry trying to stop us from going.

And here is a classic home video. If you watch it without the sound it'll be pretty dumb.

Tuesday: surprise!!

Surprise! We made it home safely.

Oh, that's not really a surprise? Let's try again...

Surprise! We're in the middle of buying a car.

Yeah, that works better.

It's a 2003 Corolla with a gazillion miles, but is still working fine and we got a nice deal on it. Getting it from Michigan to NY is slightly complicated, but Ben's wonderful brother is trading cars with us until he drives out here next time.

Monday: the meeting spot

for lunch today I went to The Good Earth with Dad. Apparently it was the place to be...I saw my cousin (who didn't recognize me at first because it's been many, many years), an old teacher, and an old friend.

The rest of the day was pretty relaxing.

Sunday: fun with family

This afternoon we played Hand and Foot with Ben's grandparents. We're claiming that they won all four hands of the first game because they didn't tell us about the changed rules until we started. However, we beat them all four hands the second game, so it came out evenly.




then we went over to Jamie's for pizza. Afterwards we played some Rockband and then Ben, Cheryl, and Jacob put together a knex roller coaster. It turned out pretty cool.

Saturday: Thanksgiving 2

This afternoon we saw some of Pat's kids for a while. It was fun to watch the little kids run around.




Then I took a nap. I thought about using the giant blue gerbil blanket (yes, that's an inside joke) but ended up with a red fleece blanket with a white hole-y crocheted one on top. It looked like snowflakes and the colors reminded me of Christmas.

Then on to Thanksgiving 2. The food was delicious. I ate way too much. and then there was a cherry pie that I couldn't resist. oh, it was delicious. Just the right amount of tart and tangy. It was also fun to see all the family...I think it's been a few years since I've seen a lot of them, so it was fun to catch up.

Friday: Ben's birthday in pictures

We saw our first snow.



We met some friends and their daughter



We went to a Japanese steakhouse for dinner. It was delicious.






Then to a home for presents and cheesecake.

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Sometimes I find that in the bussle of the holiday and the other things going on in life that it's easy to forget to take some time to reflect on all the blessings that God has given us. But when I take a look at everything, I realize how really blessed I am.

I only took three pictures today, so here they all are, even though they aren't all very good. I also took good movie,but it needs some editing first.