A few years ago we started celebrating Thomas' birthday and Thanksgiving together. Yesterday was our big party, and it was a lot of fun. We had a nice turkey dinner and played quite a few games. We went a little further in combining celebrations as we also gave Natalie and Thomas their Christmas money so they could use it towards the purchase of a van, and we gave them some gifts for the twin baby boys. We definitely capitalized on putting as many "celebrations" together as possible this year. It won't be long until the twin boys are born, so we are feeling "doubly blessed" at this time of thanksgiving with many, many expressions of gratitude for all the blessings our family has been given and yet will be given!
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| Dinner is Ready! |
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| I made Natalie stand sideways so everyone could see how big she is getting with those two babies. She says she feels like she is going to pop. |
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| Dad is usually behind the scenes, but I asked him to stand by Natalie long enough so I could get a shot of him too. He's been busy helping Natalie and Thomas find a van for their expanding family. |
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| Dinner was yummy. Maybe I shouldn't say that since I cooked it, but it did hit the spot. |
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| Time for Birthday Gifts (Natalie gave Thomas tennis shoes and a jacket.) |
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| Time for Baby Gifts (Dad and I gave Natalie and Thomas two matching sleepers, two packages of newborn diapers, two boxes of wipes, and two matching blankets.) |
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| Time for Games (We played pin gobble, gobble on the turkey, musical chairs, throw the glow ring on the bottle, and toss the tootsie roll pops in the pilgrim's hat.) |
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| Everyone always seems to love glow rings. |
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| It's Thomas' turn at throwing the glow rings on the bottles. |
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| How about some vintage soda and a little Thanksgiving cheer by wearing pilgrim hats? |
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| We made two crafts; one was a turkey and the other was a pilgrim. Dad was in charge of the glue gun. They turned out pretty cute. |
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| Time for Dessert (Natalie made spice cupcakes that had pumpkin and candy morsels baked inside. She frosted them with yummy homemade cream cheese frosting.) |
It was a really fun party, and hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves. We love holidays and we love to be together as a family. It was great to spend the evening with The Ellsworths!
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| Natalie gave me Cali's kindergarten picture when they all came over for Thomas' birthday party. She is a sweet little girl, and I am happy I am her grandma! |
1 comment:
I can hardly believe that Cali is 5 years old already and in school. She is such a cutie. Looks like you had a nice time for Thomas's bday.
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