Thanksgiving Weekend

On our way to George, we stopped to eat at McDonald’s. We ended up sitting by a window and then all of the sudden, Noah got a big smile and pointed out the window. He seen this big duck. I have no idea what the meaning of this duck is, but it was great entertainment for Noah!!

On Thanksgiving Day, Mom’s side came over at noon to have a Thanksgiving meal. We had lots to eat and I don’t think anyone went home hungry!!

Here are my boys eating their Thanksgiving meal! We had my Dad’s side at night, so we had another big meal!!!

On Friday, we headed over to Renae and Micah’s house and put up Christmas lights on the house and the little boys played. Renae and I did some shopping for some girl clothes…let me tell you, it was a little overwhelming with all the pink stuff. Renae pretty much picked out everything and told me I had to deal with it! After we were done shopping, we headed back to George and hung Christmas lights on Mom’s house.

On Saturday, my cousin, Jeremy Klaassen, got married to Ashley Knuth. We thought we’d take a quick family picture being that my sister was there to take it!!

When we got home on Sunday, we were unpacking everything and I turned around and Noah was getting into the cooler. Then he ducked down and played hide-n-seek in the cooler!

In Mason City

Last weekend we went to visit Rick’s parents in Mason City. We didn’t have anything planned, so it was just a relaxing weekend. We did try to get his Dad to work on a project while we were there, but he just wanted to relax. We feel bad, because everytime they are at our place, there is always something for him to work on, so we just wanted to help him back. He says he doesn’t need any more “supervisors”, but let me tell you….I’m a great supervisior!!!

Rick got to meet up with a few of his friends and they even went to a business open house in Mason City that had a tank run over some cars and a race between two fire stations to see who could cut a car in half faster! I even got to meet up with Joni!!! I haven’t seen her in a while, so it was nice to catch up!!!

On Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Northwood to stay overnight at the hotel there. Rick’s parents had a free night, so that was even better!!! Noah got to go swimming in the indoor pool and then we went back to the hotel room. There wasn’t much on tv, but as I was flipping thru the channels, “Monstor Jam: came on – the big 4×4 trucks. Well, Noah pretty much stopped in his tracks and watched the trucks on tv for about 45 minutes!!! He is definately all boy!!!

Around George

We headed back to George for my cousins wedding on Saturday, August 1st – congratulations Kristen and Travis!!!! On Sunday, we headed to the George pool in the early afternoon and then had a birthday party for Noah at the park. Monday night we went to watch Deanna play at the co-ed softball game and then went to Reid’s farm to shoot off some fireworks. The mosiquotes were pretty bad and I got bit up, even Noah had some bug bites. Tuesday we headed over to Rock Valley to go to the beach with Renae and the boys and then on the way home, stopped to see Ryan and family one last time. Then we were headed back to KC on Wednesday morning.

By George, here we are!

We were packing everything up and the last thing we were packing was the cooler of food to take back. Noah crawled over to the fridge and grabbed his pudding…I guess he didn’t want me to forget it!!!

We got to Mom’s on Thursday night and went to my Uncle’s auction. On Friday me and Mom went thru shower stuff and that night we went to the races with Pam!

Saturday I got to spend some time with Renae and the boys. Micah and Rick headed out to Reid’s to help him cut down some dead evergreen trees. And Rick has the scratches to prove it!! Saturday night had Pizza Ranch pizza!!!! Oh yeah!! After eating, the little boys played and Rick read a book to Renae…actually he was reading to Kahle, but then Kahle figured the toys would be better, so he left Rick hanging.

Sunday we went to church and then we had my cousin’s wedding shower. That night we went out to Ryan’s house and the boys got to play on the farm and we got to eat! Monday morning we headed to the Grandparents for a quick visit before we left.

To Mason City

We headed to Mason City this last weekend to visit Rick’s parents. Noah traveled really well – he stays awake a lot more on the car ride, so we bring a DVD player along for some entertainment – but as you can see, he likes to chew on his feet. I’d try it, but I can’t bend that way!!!

On Friday night, Rick’s parents had a couple of free nights at the Diamond Joe Casino hotel, so we headed there for the night. We took Noah swimming for the first time!! He really liked it, except when someone jumped into the pool!! I think the loud splash scared him.

Saturday we came back to Mason City and went to the park to feed the ducks. Then we went to see Great Grandma Schultz. Then it was time to get busy!! His parents had a slab of concrete in their yard that an old fireplace used to be on. So we knocked that out for them. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it was a good project to get done!