Thanksgiving with Family

We had a really great Thanksgiving with family again this year.  It's the second year in a row we've hosted anyone in the family who is able to make it out to Oklahoma.  Grandma and Grandpa Brink arrived first, and they had the opportunity to do a little belated birthday celebration for the boys.  They gave the boys fishing poles and walkie talkies, and both boys were super excited.

 After presents we went to a local bakery to have birthday donuts.  Even Mary got in on the celebration.

Auntie Amy and Grammy and Grampy Nichols arrived two days later, and we had a really relaxing time with some small outings and a lot of food.  Auntie Amy got juggling balls for Jack, but Owen definitely seemed the most interested in them.  He kept talking about how good he is at 'ruggling.'

One of our little adventures was to take the fishing poles on a test run at our neighborhood lake.

Grampy Nichols used his fish whisperer skills and helped both boys catch their first fish ever.

You couldn't ask for a better fishing day than to have both boys get their own fish reeling experience.

Later in the week, on a cold, rainy day, Grandma and Grandpa Brink took the boys to the local bowling alley/arcade to play arcade games.

The boys are obsessed with this place and love to play ski ball, whack a mole, etc.  Mary didn't go, but she got a welcome home picture with Grandma.

We attempted to get a picture of the boys with the Grandpas before they headed out, but Jack was not a willing participant.  He's been very hard to photograph recently.

Then we tried the kids with the Grandmas.

And the Grandmas and Auntie Amy.

Auntie Amy stayed a few days after the grandparents left.  She was kind enough to watch the kids one night while Jonathan and I went to dinner by ourselves.  We tried to get a picture of Auntie Amy and the kids her last night with us, but Owen decided he didn't want to participate this time.

We had such a great time, and we were sad to see everyone go.