Ice Storm

Ice day! No school yesterday or today and tomorrow isn't looking too promising. Wish I had a tree to decorate! Mother Nature decorated these! This is taken from our front porch this morning.

So today I'm baking Gingerbread Men. I found this guy in my collection. He's packing heat!!

What?! Gingerbread men with guns!?

No leftovers...

...the worst thing about not having Thanksgiving at home. We did have a good time at LSOP though. Everyone brought in food and we juggled it through the tiny microwave so it was at least lukewarm..
Here's Erin starting the line.The fam was all there except for Steve and Jesse :( Sean and Megan drove in from Denver. Here's Cheryl and Gary (he's going gray!) Then, Patrick T., Mike, Mom, Pat, Luci, and Nancy. Finally, Mom and Jim.

And we can't forget the kiddies. They are playing "Pin the feather on the turkey". Michelle, Grace, Caroline and Jack are ready to play. Maureen's not sure.

Then there's the babies... Kevin, Emilie and Kate were in Quincy, but Luci and Madeline made it to their first Thanksgiving. Hi, Madeline and Great Grandma!

This is 16 day old Luci (H)Ellen.
On Friday, Michelle and Patrick invited us to a room at the hotel at Crown Center to watch the lighting of the Mayor's Christmas tree. Lots of singing and speeches (that we couldn't hear) preceded it, but hey, Patrick had delish appetizers!
Once it came on, there were lots of oohs and aahs from the girls.

Maureen and Caroline in the middle, Michelle behind.
And Fireworks! That's a Christmas tradition, right?!

Afterwards we had dinner with Bob and Connie.

What a great weekend!