Thanksgiving

We had a fun week full of Thanksgiving and Christmas activities. Aunt Lee and Elsa came over from Milwaukee the weekend before Thanksgiving and stayed a whole week. The festivities started on Sunday afternoon with the Pries family Christmas celebration. Since Grandma B. and Grandpa P. were leaving for their winter stay in Florida the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, everyone celebrated Christmas with them at Thanksgiving. The Sunday party was great but chaotic at times with all 7 grandchildren together! All the grandkids (except Elsa) are pictured below with Grandma B. and Grandpa P. (sorry Elsa, we didn't have a picture with you in it!). She kept crawling out of the shot to see her Mommy.

More shots from Sunday's party:

Carter enjoying some books.

Elsa is having fun on Carter's bike.

The rest of the week was spent hanging out with Aunt Lee, Elsa, Grandma B., and Grandpa P. Uncle Bob came on Wednesday night, just in time for Thanksgiving Day. We had a ton of fun with the babies all week. They seemed to really enjoy playing and hanging out together. They especially loved playing with Frosty, Rudolph, the train around the Christmas tree, the phones, and books.

Elsa and Carter LOVED the signing Rudolph.

It's all fun and games with a bag on your head...

...until you fall over!

Carter and Elsa enjoying some books with Santa.

Here is Carter playing with the phone...his favorite toy of all time.

Elsa and I enjoying a book.

Elsa and Lee enjoying a book. (We did a lot of reading that week!)

Grandma B., Aunt Lee, Elsa, and Belle.

On Thanksgiving Day we went to Grandma B. and Grandpa P.'s for Thanksgiving dinner and our Christmas celebration. Later in the day we also went to Grandma Webb's house for the second dinner! Carter sported his Lion's jersey...too bad it didn't help the team.

Daddy and Carter getting ready to open presents!

Opening a cool remote control car from Aunt Lee, Uncle Bob, and Elsa!

Checking out his "Go Diego Go" Rescue Pack from Aunt Lee, Uncle Bob, and Elsa.

Carter also got a very cute overall / sweater outfit and "Millie Moo" book from Aunt Lee, Uncle Bob, and Elsa. From Grandma B. and Grandpa P. he got a special baby doll, which included a homemade U of M painted bed and blanket for the baby (Thanks Mom). As you can see in the pictures below, Carter adores the baby. These shots are when we got home from the party. Carter loves to put the baby in his bed and give him lots of hugs. Thanks to everyone for such great presents!

On Friday morning we headed over to Spring Lake to visit Grandpa and Grandma J. We had a wonderful meal and lots of fun hanging out with everyone.

Carter is getting a fun laundry basket ride from Daddy.

Hanging out before dinner.

We loved seeing everyone at Thanksgiving! I wish we would have taken some pictures at Grandma Webb's...for some reason we didn't have our camera handy. We'll have to take lots at Christmas time. Lee and Elsa - a special thank you to you two for coming out for the whole week, I absolutely loved hanging out and spending so much time with you!