Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving this year. My sister and her family visited and my folks were here too. It was a full house with lots of crazy kids running around. Three boys and one girl meant many Nerf wars and hundreds of bullets on the ground. The kids played an epic multi day game of Monopoly with Papa. Good times.

The wind graced us with its presence so kites were able to be flown. Greta did particularly well keeping hers in the air.

The precious pup, Rudi, was here a lot and was introduced to our crazy clan of canines. He did great and played well. It was very difficult to photograph the pup without him moving....I was happy to get the second picture below. The only one out of 20 without him moving.

I felt the need to try some non meat options for Thanksgiving this year. My sister and I are both plant based so I went in search of a Tofurky for us. I found one at Whole Foods (along with a Field Roast variety). I put them both in the crockpot and served them up for the big meal. They were not good, I'd say barely edible. Oh well! It was worth a try. Back to eating all the delicious side dishes (that's all I really like anyways).

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Rudi

My parents lost their sweet miniature schnauzer Dieter a couple of months ago and while there will never be a replacement for that wonderful dog they did get another to try and fill the void. Meet little Rudi. He's tiny and snuggly and so adorable. I'm looking forward to seeing him over Thanksgiving. He'll be meeting our gang of dogs, I hope he's feeling ambitious!

4H Fun

We've been part of the local 4H group since April and have been having a lot of fun. We didn't participate in the fair this summer since we had just signed up and didn't have projects made but we are hoping next summer to enter items. Every year they have a bonfire and we meet for our monthly meeting while eating yummy food. It was fun.

For the local Fall Festival the 4H group enters a float and we got to ride on it this year while throwing candy. The kids had fun and we won 3rd place in the float contest (it helped that we had live animals on the float). It was so cold though!

Go Wesley!

A few weeks ago Wesley had his first Karate Tournament. We went about a year ago and watched one just to get a feel for what they are all about. He was excited and nervous to participate but did awesome. He got first in his age group for doing his kata. He was pretty pumped to bring home a big trophy. So proud of that kid!