November 29, 2015

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We’ve had another week full of family fun and traditions!  Our first mission was to cover the greenhouse at mom and dad’s during our Thanksgiving weekend visit. The weather was unseasonably warm and nice this year!  Dad, Kevin, and I covered the house in good time and little wind – we even snapped some photos this year. IMG_2807 IMG_2808 IMG_2811 IMG_2812Next up was taking a little spin (and drive!) in dad’s new MG TD! First, dad drove me on a quick errand down the street to the drugstore. Then, Kevin, Finn, and I took a little spin around the neighborhood.  I drove first, then Kevin took a turn. It drove really nice and was quite fun!IMG_2814 IMG_2817 IMG_2820

The kiddos played and acted silly together while the “adults” worked on packaging up the seed orders for this years Hostaworks Seed sale. It was a banner year! It was certainly a family effort, from the web design, order process, order tracking, label printing, seed sorting, order assembling, and packaging – we got it done in really good time! This is the first time, I think ever, that I didn’t plant seeds with dad.  The days just went too fast and there weren’t enough hours in the day 🙁IMG_2828 IMG_2833 IMG_2835 IMG_2836 IMG_2839 IMG_2840

Finn got a new cot to sleep on at Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein’s this trip! It was the first couple of nights he’s not been in a pack-n-play (sigh, tears) as our boy is getting pretty big!IMG_2843 IMG_2868On Thanksgiving morning the kids helped make breakfast – little egg nests! A bit later we headed to Enon for the Armstrong Thanksgiving at Gayle and Dave’s home. The weather was so warm and sunny – it was unusual and nice!IMG_2844 IMG_2845 IMG_2846 IMG_2848 IMG_2851 IMG_2852 IMG_2853IMG_2838 IMG_2855 IMG_2856 IMG_2857 IMG_2858 IMG_2859 IMG_2861 IMG_2862 IMG_2865And then a later dinner at the Beilstein’s before a quick nights sleep and then on to Black Friday Shopping! We started with our traditional breakfast at Bob Evans followed by a full day of shopping at Polaris and Easton. We capped the night with dinner at Bon Vie – yum!IMG_3229IMG_3230IMG_2870IMG_2871IMG_2872IMG_2873IMG_2884IMG_2885 Saturday we spent the afternoon at Chad’s house watching the OSU-Michigan game. He and the kids have a new puppy that Finn loved following around and petting. IMG_2893 IMG_2895Next up: Christmas Tree Expedition 2015.  We went to Cackler Farms again this year and found a lovely tree! Kevin and Finn worked hard cutting it down, only to find it had poison ivy vines growing up the trunk through the tree.  Yikes!  So we left that tree in the field (and told the staff there why) and kept searching…..and we found yet another 13′ beauty (of course ensuring it didn’t have poison ivy before we cut it down!).  Finn was a really great helper!
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