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Monday, December 08, 2008

Family Traditions








Well, we hosted Thanksgiving this year and it turned out great! I was a little nervous about cooking my first turkey, but with Aunt Karen's help, it all went smoothly. Everyone brought a dish which was great. We were able to catch up and spend time with family - DeAnna, Andy & the kids, Uncle Roger and Shirley, Aunt Karen, Mom and Randy, and Grandpa. We missed Laura and Joe, they went to Ohio this year.

Luke was a great help with Dylan while Ben and I were busy cooking in the kitchen.


We decided to pick out our Christmas tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We got up bright and early and headed off to Sinnissippi with Shawn, Jaime, Adam and Audyn Kemp. At 8:30am we were the 4th family there! We had hot apple doughnuts and cider and then headed off to the frasier fir field to cut down our tree. We didn't know how Dylan would do in the cold, but he was a champ. He hung out in the carrier and even took his morning nap there without complaint.

After picking out the perfect tree, Luke cut it down and Caden pulled it out of the field.



We were so glad we didn't wait until Sunday to get our tree. It snowed all day and night. Ben did end up hanging our lights on the house, but he and Caden did find time to build this cool snowman. Unfortunately, his head was bigger than his middle so it fell off shortly after everyone came inside! Oh well, at least we got some pictures of him before hand.