Thanksgiving 2009

We continued the tradition of spending Thanksgiving with Aunt Jill's family. It was a great time!!

The monkeys in the turkey hats that Uncle Jason & Aunt Jill gave them

Gigou's beautiful table

Turkeys

Maddie & Bagga

Luke diving into his apple pie (no utensils necessary)

Madison & her God Mommy, Aunt Jill

Grandparent's Day

After celebrating Thanksgiving at Grace Preschool we headed over to Saint Andrew's to celebrate Grandparent's Day.

Madison with Bagga Judy, Grandpa Silly & Bagga Jan (we miss you Bagga Glen!)

Luke has no problem making himself at home in Madison's classroom :-)

Silly man got a hold of my camera during the musical performance

Thanksgiving Celebration @ Grace

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Luke's school invited all of the children's families to celebrate together.

Luke was so hungry he ran strait to the head of the table. Of course we were heading down to the common room but that didn't dampen his enthusiasm :-)

On a mission for food

Luke-man & Daddy

How many corn muffins do you think I can stuff in my mouth?

Running off the dessert

Having fun with the parachute

Thanksgiving Play @ Saint Andrew's

The Kindergarten & Pre-K at Madison's school put on a Thanksgiving play this morning for friends & family. It was adorable!

The stars arrive

Luke not excited about being woken up for Madison's curtain call

Our little pilgrim

Post-show photo-op with Daddy & Luke

We are so lucky to have our family close by. Three out of four Grandparents were able to make it to Madison's debut. Poor Bagga Judy was really sick (which she probably got from us!)

Madison & Grandpa Silly (wearing Madison's bonnet :-)

Madison & Bagga Glen

Bagga Jan & Madison

Mommy & Madison

Brooke, Luke, Nessa & Madison (Luke definitely thought he was part of the class :-)

Nessa & Madison

Attempting to get a class picture with the Mayflower

Adding in Ms. Torres & Ms. Lewis (my camera angle wasn't wide enough to get Mrs. Avlas)

Our two monkeys hamming it up

Congratulations Madison!

Bagga Judy's Birthday in Tahoe

Last weekend we headed to Tahoe for our annual trip to celebrate Bagga Judy's birthday. The kids were just getting over their illness & Mike had just gotten sick so it wasn't quite the festive occasion it usually is. We still had a fabulous time! Made even better when Grandpa Silly secured a lakeside cottage for us :-)

It was chilly but perfectly clear. Gorgeous!

Attempting to get a decent Christmas card photo...

You can't really tell but Madison was getting attacked by static electricity & her hair was standing on end

There wasn't much snow on the ground but there was just enough to stomp through. Luke had already gone inside, poor little guy was freezing...

View from our back porch

Getting ready to go swimming with Uncle Jason & Aunt Jill so that Mommy & Bagga could play Blackjack :-)

Saying farewell until next time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAGGA JUDY!!!

I had to throw this picture in here...Luke desperately didn't want to be sick & still found the energy to play hide & seek. Guess how Mike found him?