Thanksgiving 2012 #2 and Justin's 13th Birthday

We had the Lane Thanksgiving at Jeremy & Kim's house on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, as usual.  We also celebrated Justin's 13th birthday which was two days later.

Alex

Tyler, Maddie, Evan, Uncle Todd, Brenden, & Nicholas

Maddie, Luke, & Evan

Andrew & Anthony went to the Gopher game before coming to dinner.  Andrew is sporting his new Goldie Gopher hat.

Todd, Eric, Angela, Jeremy, Tiffany, & Kim

Nana & J.T............mmmmmm this roll is good!

Tiffany & J.T.

Justin wearing the hoodie sweatshirt we gave him.  It has earbuds built right into the hood ties & a jack for your phone/ipod/mp3 player right in the pocket.  Surprisingly, it is even machine washable!  We thought it was pretty cool!  :)

Thanksgiving 2012 #1

Thanksgiving at Todd's Mom's house.

Sophia & their puppy, Puck.

We gave Emily duct tape & a duct tape craft book for her 11th birthday, which was September 24th.

We gave Sophia Q-bitz for her 14th birthday which was coming up on December 5th.

Mmmmmm.............what a yummy spread.

Todd, Sophia, Emily, & Jamie.

Emily is learning to play the flute so she gave us a mini-concert.  :)

Emily made several items with her duct tape including a purse for me & an eyeglass case for Uncle Todd.

Setting up the Christmas Tree

J.T. "helped" us set up our Christmas tree on Saturday, Nov. 18th.  He had a lot of fun & was very intrigued by the lights.  :)

Justin's Basketball Tournament

We went to Justin's basketball game on 11/11/12 to watch the game & return Tyler & Maddie at the end of the weekend.

Maddie & Tyler

Justin

Nana & Uncle Todd sporting our Chaska sweatshirts.

Uncle Todd & Tyler

Grandma A

Justin

Cove Point Lodge in Beaver Bay, MN

We spent a couple of days at Cove Point Lodge Oct 21st  - 23rd.  It is so nice to go there & relax!

Sonja & Todd 

Todd on a nature walk.....always amazing.  :)

Todd & Sonja out on the Point.

Sonja on the Point with the lodge in the background.

Dave & Lori Hjelvik were staying up the hill from us at a house that Dave was working on.  We walked up there one night for dinner and to play some games.  :)

Milo's 1st Birthday Party

On October 20th we went to our Godson, Milo's 1st birthday party where costumes were encouraged.  J.T. went with us because he & Milo are buddies.  :)

Milo was a farmer.....he even had an ear of corn (stuffed) for his pocket.  :)

J.T. was a parrot......

.......complete with tail feathers!  :)

Milo's cake.

Jocie, Milo, & Dan

Milo with his Godparents.......Tom (A Gondolier), Todd (The Godfather), & Sonja (The Fairy Godmother).  :oD

Wedding in Walker

The weekend of October 6th, J.T. went with us on a trip to Walker, MN for my friend, Deb's wedding.

J.T. calling home to say the trip is going swell.  :)

Grandma Hall

Deb's 3 daughters were her bridesmaids....Hallie, Andi, & Amanda.

Deb & Dan Cunningham

Dan & Deb cutting the cake that Hallie made....it was beautiful.

We met Andi's fiance, Dan, at the wedding.  They were planning their December 8th wedding.  He is very nice & we are so happy for them.  Dan, Andi, Sonja, & J.T.

J. T. had a blast playing with Hallie's daugher, Avie.

J.T. & Uncle Todd checking out the lighthouse by the lake.

Swimming in the hotel pool was very fun.  J.T. was squealing with excitement before we even go into the pool because there were so many kids in there making a lot of noise.  :)