Thanksgiving in Door County

Since the Van Aukens were off to Iowa and Alissa doesn't really like Thanksgiving, John and I cancelled it this year and headed up to Door County.

Of course, I couldn't do without the smell of a cooking turkey so on the Sunday before I made mom, John and I a full thanksgiving dinner.  It was delicious and the house smelled so good.

I also decorated the house for Christmas, took my time this year and really enjoyed doing it.

Courtney, Paul and the girls came out the day before Thanksgiving on their way to Iowa.  They got manicures and we had Kwik Trip for lunch.

The girls also had to spend time with Lacey.

On Thanksgiving Day, John and I headed up to Door County.

We hiked to Old Baldy and went to Cave Point before our dinner at The English Inn.  It was very good.

We stayed at Julie's Motel in Fish Creek for the two nights.  It was a great place to stay.

On Friday we hiked Ellison Bay County Park, drove to the tip, hiked Penninsula State Park, and had a delicious fish boil at the White Gull.  It was a great day.

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We ended our night under the Christmas lights in Sister Bay.

On Saturday we took a nice drive home through Two Rivers, it did rain the entire drive, but the scenery is still nice.

So, all in all, it was a great Thanksgiving.  I think we may need to cancel it every year.

The new kitty, the village, and a fun weekend

We woke up to a dusting of snow on Friday.  Since I didn't have school, I decided to put up my village.

I was able to take my time and enjoyed putting it up.

Now it is beginning to look like Christmas inside, too.

Our new kitty, Lacey is doing very well.

We did lose her one day and after searching for two hours, we found her under the chest in the entrance.  She was scared and we did have to start all over with our getting her used to things, but by Friday, she was doing well again. 

On Saturday Paul brought the girls out.  Soli and I played day care and with the doll house while Tiz played with the kitty  and Paul watch football.

Soli and Paul went home after dinner and Tiz spent the night with us.

We watched some funny Netflix show she likes and then a movie.

Today we took her to church where we met Paul and Soli.

After church Paul took the girls to the gym while John and I went to Courtney's craft show in Franklin.

She had been there all day Saturday and today.  She was doing a great job of selling.

It was a very successful show for her.

So, with that another weekend is in the books and we move on toward Christmas.

Marge turns 90 and a new kitty

 Mom turned 90 this past weekend.

It was a big celebration that started on Friday night with subway, cake and presents here at our house to Saturday at the Essen Haus and Comfort Inn in Madison.

A few people did end up with the stomach flu but that did not really dampen Marge's celebration.

She was queen for the night, the polka band played for her and she danced the night away.

On Sunday we stopped and picked up this sweet kitty for her.  It was a gift from Soli and Tiz.

 Meet Lacey Kitty Kohlhoff.

And here she is with all of her cards.  I think she got around 70 or so.

It was a great celebration.