Thanksgiving in WI

We spent last week celebrating Thanksgiving with Bryan's family in WI -- it was great to get away!  Always fun to catch up with siblings, cousins, inlaws, parents, etc!

Since J's birthday is on December 2nd, it has became somewhat of a tradition to celebrate it in WI when we are there for Thanksgiving!

A much-loved gift!

Serious Photo Booth fun with the cousins!

Another WI "tradition" -- a meal at Culvers.  It's quite humorous -- when we lived in PA, it was a treat to eat at Culvers in WI because there were NONE of them around us on the east coast.  When we moved to KS, we thought we were fortunate to have one at the Legends -- about an hour away.  Now that we're in KC, there is one 5 minutes away . .. and yet we still always make it a priority to go to Culvers when we visit WI -- so funny!

For the record, Grandpa won the first game, Daddy won the second game.  I am HIGHLY competitive . . . Monopoly is not good for our marriage:)

One day, we ventured out for a change of pace and Bryan took us to this mall that used to be THE HAPPENING MALL back in the day . . . well, times have definitely changed as this was taken on Black Friday -- pretty deserted:)

Yep, we were in WI!

Tyler showing Grandpa the latest games . .. 

So there was snow while we were there -- in fact, the last 2 hours of our trip north was pretty touch and go because of the snowy conditions:(  When you start counting cars in the ditch and get up to 20 with no problem . . . well, it makes you a wee bit nervous!  We were very thankful for the safety God gave us on the way there.

Grandma leading the way --

Let's try a few "new" ways to sled . . .

Grandma and Grandpa

Should we take bets on how well this will work????

 . . . not very well at all:)

Lots of fun down time!

A little ping pong action!

And some screen time -- we were on vacation right????

Joshua and Ben -- the cousin next in age to him -- I think there are 5 years between them though.

On our way home, we stopped for a "quick" meal at Taco Bell in Dubuque, Iowa . . . well, let's just say the food delivery time wasn't exactly stellar:)

One of the most tragic events in WI -- we realized the first night that Tyler had forgotten his Superman pillow -- it was horrible!  So, he was pretty excited to get back home with this guy!  We had a great time hanging with family in WI during the week -- so very blessed!