Thanksgiving

Ron and I celebrated Thanksgiving Day lunch with his family and visited with my parents and brother later that evening. On Friday, Amanda and Peyton arrived for our annual Christmas baking day - it was a little different this year with our one-year-old helper! Great Grandma Mintun was here to help entertain Peyton which was a life saver. Peyton was adorable in her "Queen of the Kitchen in Training" apron and enjoyed taste testing the goodies. I'm sure next year she will get into it more. We successfully made a giant mess of the kitchen and managed to get a lot of baking done too! What fun. Peyton was worn out from the event and took a 3 hour nap, which is unheard of at Grammy's house! We joined Grandpa at the Hawthorn Bank Christmas Parade Party at the Elks and watched the parade from the balcony. What a beautiful evening for a parade. Peyton had a great time seeing all the lights and walking around. Saturday morning we had breakfast at the Mintuns with the Great Grandparents and Great Aunt Mary and Great Uncle Mark. Chad arrived Saturday morning - he and Amanda played 9 holes of golf while Peyton hung out with Grammy. Great Grandma and Great Aunt Mary came over to play with Peyton and to help Grammy get ready for the Thanksgiving celebration on Saturday evening which was a great time.

On Sunday, our church choir presented "The Light of the World", a Christmas Cantata. Totally exhausted, I slept all afternoon, which rarely happens. I think I'm ready for another week now. the house has been transformed from Thanksgiving to Christmas - whew!