Happy Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone was home this year except for Austin, we missed you! It was a full week.Monday, Laura, Blake, Adam and I went up to Cedar Rapids to take the rest of the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to the collection center from our relay center in town so they could go on the semi to Minneapolis. That was fun to see how that part of it works. The van had every inch full of boxes!

We visited Gma and Gpa Struve in Van Horne to say hi after Gpa's surgery. He's doing fine now. Thank you Jesus!

We spent some time outdoors doing the traditional every time we see each other wiffleball game over in the park. Alex's girlfriend Kate came so everyone has now met her finally, she fit right in and survived all of us and the humiliation of our torment of her (really we were pretty nice!). We played cards, 88, pictionary, speed scrabble (I think Blake was going hunting later...?)

We had Thanksgiving at The Smiths. Beautiful table set by Penny. Great food and everyone enjoyed it except Jacob who was green and not feeling well that day (fine the next). My mom and Penny's mom were there too.The boys didn't eat as much pie or drink as much eggnog as they usually do, hmmm....don't think it's our cooking, Laura and I made some good pies.

We got to spend some time with the Cupp family. The kids have all changed just a little since last summer!

It was a full week and went quickly and we got way too little sleep, but glad the kids could come home!