Today is Sunday.
All is quiet around our house again.
The girls and their families have returned to their homes after spending the last four days with us.
It was a most perfect Thanksgiving.
So much for which to be thankful.
Alissa arrived first on Wednesday afternoon followed by Courtney, Paul, and the girls.
Nathan stayed in Bloomington to spend Thanksgiving with his dad.
We missed him, but we did use his recipe for the turkey again so he was here in spirit.
On Wednesday night we all went out to On the Rock for dinner.
After dinner, Courtney, Paul and Alissa went out with Nathan Suhr.
A good time was had by all or so we heard.
On Thanksgiving day, Tizita helped me with lots of the prep.
She wasn't too interested in helping with the turkey, but she created a dessert of her own and made the relish tray.
Soli happily did dishes.
We all enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner followed by a dance show performed by the girls.
On Friday, Lissa, Courtney, the girls, and I shopped at Bethesda Thrift shop. We all found some awesome bargains.
We had lunch at Pizza Hut and then Alissa left for Bloomington.
Her Thanksgiving was over for another year.
When we returned home from our shopping trip, John, Tizita and I went to the cemetery to decorate my dad's grave for Christmas.
Tiz was such a big help, cutting the wire and arranging the decorations.
Tiz chose the snowflake for the middle of the heart, too.
We visited Tiz's great, great ohma and ohpa as well as
her great, great, great grandparents, Emma and Hugo,
and her other set of great, great grandparents, Erv and Leona.
After the cemetery we headed to Tivoli Island to take a hike.
The weather was beautiful and we had a wonderful time exploring the Island.
Friday night we had a game night and a fire in the basement.
On Saturday, we put up our two trees.
The girls were great helpers with the decorations.
We took another walk in the afternoon ending with an ice cream treat at Mullen's.
That night we enjoyed the Christmas parade followed by dinner at La Finca.
Today the Van Aukens left for home.
It was a great long weekend.
Next year, Courtney and her family will travel to Iowa for Thanksgiving and our day will take on a different plan, but it will not change the fact that we much for which to be thankful!
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