For Thanksgiving this year, we traveled to Illinois for about 4 days. We got up there late on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and left early the next Monday morning. We enjoyed Thanksgiving with both sides of our family, an extended family Christmas, seeing good friends at church, celebrating Uncle David's 40th, and also spending a day celebrating a dear friend's birthday with some of our favorite people. Although the air was utterly freezing, our trip was full of warmth, laughter, and thankfulness. It was definitely a weekend to be thankful for!!
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| Thanksgiving with the Knapps...The little girls have Grandpa wrapped around their finger. |
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| Then...Thanksgiving and birthdays with the Banwarts! A picture is required when we are all matching.;) |
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| Of course, Seth wanted his picture taken too!:) |
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| Celebrating Uncle David's 40th birthday along with some very *ahem* classy gifts.;) |
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| ...Like an inflatable toupee!;);) |
On Saturday, Seth, Megan, and I got to spend the afternoon with some great friends, Derek and Kate. It was Kate's 15th birthday and it was so special to be able to spend it with her! We went out for lunch and bowling, but I think it's safe to say that the highlight of the day was just hanging out together and talking! At least, that's my view;). It was short, but special and since we don't get to see them as much any more, I've learned to treasure the time we do have!
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| There were many various emotions expressed while bowling...confidence... |
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| ...resignation...I will never be good at bowling... |
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| ...and excitement!;) |
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| The beautiful birthday girl and Megan! |
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| The only picture I have of all of us!;) I am so thankful for these friendships! |
Later, on Saturday night we went to David and Melissa's house for a party to celebrate Uncle David's 40th birthday! We had a blast! Aunt Melissa had put together a scavenger hunt based on David's life that sent all 5 teams scattering all across Fairbury and Forrest. There were things on the list to complete such as sharing a sucker with a pig (don't ask...;), taking a picture in front of David's childhood home, and a picture in front of the place where he went to school. Finally, all the teams came rushing back to make the time limit and Melissa tallied up the scores. Now, you would think that Team David would win since he probably knows the most about his life! Wrong! We came in last! But we had fun and were great sports, so that is all that really matters, right?!?;)
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| The winning team with their prize...an autographed picture of David!;) |
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...And the losing team! This picture was slightly embarrassing to take with all the other teams laughing at us!;) It was still a lot of fun though!!
~Lexi |
