So Much to be Thankful for - Thanksgiving 2017

It's another Sunday night here and I am in the midst of decorating the Christmas trees.

It's been fantastic Thanksgiving.  We celebrated for four days!

This was the year that Courtney, Paul, and the girls spend it with us, so that makes it very nice.

We have gone to Alissa and Nathan's the last few years, but this year, Alissa and Courtney decided we should have it up here.

Alissa joined us while Nathan stayed down in Bloomington to spend it with his dad.

Everyone arrived on Wednesday evening.

We all went out to Sprecher's for the first time, it has just opened here in Watertown.

What a fun place.

The food was great, the beer was great and our service was great, too.

A perfect trifecta.

On Thursday we made our turkey and the other good stuff.

We watched Troop Beverly Hills and made some slime.

It was a great, fun day.

Mallory stopped by after dinner and we all hung around in the basement.

On Friday, we went to the cemetery to put Christmas stuff on the graves and say hello to all the loved ones there, who actually aren't really there, but you know what I mean.

It was a beautiful 62.

Alissa left on Friday after lunch.

The rest of us, including mom, went to see the movie Wonder.

Such a fantastic movie.

We all loved it.

Came home and watch School of Rock to prepare us to the play we will be seeing tomorrow with the girls.

We loved the movie.

On Saturday we left around noon for the play which was at the marcus center in Milwaukee.

It was a broadway musical and so cool!

We ate at Fuddruckers and then surprised the girls with our annual trip through the lights.

It was a bit earlier than we usually go, but this weekend just worked out best for us.

The girls were so excited.

Tiz did live videos out the sunroof and Soli drove on John's lap.

We enjoyed the trains, streets of Bethlehem, and hot chocolate as we always do!

It was a perfectly wonderful day.

Today we went to church and Courtney and Paul came from their night out to pick up the girls and take them home.

I am so thankful for all that I have!

Now back to tree decorating!

Homemade for the Holidays

This Saturday we went to Oshkosh, enjoyed lunch at Becket's and then shopped at Homemade for the Holidays, which is Courtney's craft show.

We took mom along.

It was a great, fun day.

We ordered Rocky's for dinner while Courtney and Paul went out after the show.

My kids sang in church today for the first time this year.

There were some tears but all in all it went very well.

John cleaned gutters, the packers lost badly, and I put up the bubble lights.

That was about it for this wknd.

First Place!

Today was a very exciting day for Tizita and her cheer team.

It was their first big competition of the season and it was a big one with lots of talented teams.

In her division there were eight other teams.

They performed so well, but so did many of the other teams.

We were hopeful for a fifth place, maybe

But, they finished first!!

What excitement for all of them

They work so hard and now they got to reap the benefits of that hard work.

They were so happy with their medals and trophy.

We celebrated at the Colliseum Bar where we watched the Badgers win, too.

It was a fun day.

I was so happy to be able to share it with Tizita.

I had friday off so I went up to Oshkosh and Organized the girls' rooms for them.

On friday night, we went out to Midpoint sports bar with Louisa and Tim, it was a great night.

Tomorrow we will lay low and relax.

It may be time to move all the stuff in for the winter, too.

Celebrating Mom's 89th Brithday

We spent this last weekend celebrating my mom's 89th birthday.

It was a wonderful weekend.

I took off Friday afternoon, something that I was never able to do until I have two other capable people in my classroom with me.

Alissa and Nathan arrived here and drove me and mom up to Oshkosh to watch Tizita in a cheer competition showcase.

Mallory joined us, too and John drove up there after work so we were all there to watch Tizita perform.

Here are a few photos from the event:

After the event, we all went over to West End Pizza and enjoyed pizza and beer.

It was a great way to start mom's birthday.

The girls came home with John, mom, and me while Mal, Lis, Nathan, Paul, and Courtney stayed in Oshkosh to go out together.

On Saturday the girls made slime and played on our phones and watched TV until everyone arrived.

We picked Kev up and went over to Sweet Mullets followed by mom's choice of Schwefel's Supper Club.

We all loved the food and had a wonderful time there.

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After that we went over to Kev's to open gifts and have cake.

That was so much fun, too.

Mom loved all her gifts, she usually does, she is very easy to please.

Today we all went to church and were able to have Harmony sit with us.  She came home to play with the girls for a bit before everyone had to leave.

It was a great, fun weekend!

Oh, and I even go to see Aaron Rodgers!