Blessings

Grandpa Steve bought a new (used) toy...an RV.  It's great & the timing was perfect for Thanksgiving.  We had The Brown, Johnson, & Bagwell families come into town.  We also had Katie, Bridget, & Ella come.  (It was really exciting to see Ella for the first time since her mission.)  It was a packed house.  We lucked out to have the Bagwells stay with us.  We loved it!  Millie & Nora played dress up every morning and night.  Everyone liked have Baby Loulis (Louis) to hold and squeeze...especially Aaron.  It was a busy week, like usual when family is in town.

 

 

Louis is fun to hold, pet, & poke.

 

 

 

On Wednesday, we had a special party.  I didn't get any pictures of it, but Baby Louis was blessed.  It was sweet.  Then, to add to the special day, we had Millie's 3rd birthday party.  It was a tea party & everyone enjoyed it.

 

 cupcakes for party favors

 

 

After the baby blessing, everyone was invited to get dolled up & ready for the tea party.  There were hats, necklaces, gloves, & mustaches.



 

 

 

 

Eventually it was time to wake up the birthday girl.  (Millie managed to sleep all through the blessing!) She was ready with some fun mustaches.

Nora loved all the snacks & 'tea'.  (She drank lemonade & lots of it!)  We had all kinds of luncheon foods like veggies & dip, pinwheels, etc.  Then, we had desserts from cookies to truffles. 

 

tea with Ruby

and lots of tea with Daddy

 



After tea, we played a couple of games like draw-a-teapot-on-a-plate-on-your-head (boy did those turn out interesting!) and learning the song "I'm a Little Teapot".  Then, it was presents time.  Millie sure made out with the presents!  Nora hated she didn't have to share.

 

 Our last big hurrah was Thanksgiving.  We had some delicious food...including multiple fried turkeys.  Aaron (with help from the other men) built my mom a new table.  Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

 

 

 

And since he's such a good son-in-law he also helped (with Xan & the boys) recover her chairs to go with the table.  Dinner was ready for the table but had to be put on hold while the chairs got finished.  It's never a dull moment when all of us are together!  

 

 

We did a little shopping on Friday & some crafting.  (Perfect!)  Then, Saturday morning family started leaving.  It was great having them all around for a few days.  We're so glad they came. 

 

I am surprised & sad that I did not get any pictures of Millie & Nora playing.  They were always together & Nora loved every minute of it!  Now we can't wait for the summer!