Thanksgiving Eve 2019

Per tradition, we had a fire and a local cheese plate and it was wonderful:

Turkey Hands 2019

Our traditional day-before-Thanksgiving craft:

Grandpa Steve's - fingered creation

Kevin

Ruth

Abby

Benji

Noah Wilkes' Bar Mitzvah

The first morning Grandpa Steve was here, we deserted him to attend the bar mitzvah celebration for a friend's son. Benji opted to stay home to hang out with Grandpa, but the rest of us had fun dancing and playing in the photo booth:

Abby, playing Coke and Pepsi with Ana Burman

Photo booth shots:

Grandpa Steve's Visit 2019

We had a busy Thanksgiving week (more pictures to follow), but the highlight was that Grandpa Steve was here for a whole week. Benji soaked up his presence and every time we turned around they were snuggled up someplace talking:

National Parks Jigsaw Puzzle

Kevin gave this to me for my birthday and we have been waiting for a quiet time to open it. This last week has been pretty chill so we finally broke it open. Abby has been particularly keen on putting it together:

ACAC Bingo 2019

We attended this free family event at the gym last year and had a lot of fun, so we decided to do it again. We won on the second board, netting Benji a Rubik's Cube, which he has been obsessively trying to solve since:

Family Photo Session 2019

Our favorite photographer had a last mini opening for a "mini session" and we realized we hadn't had professional family photos taken since 2013, so we jumped on it. It was tons of fun and we were able to get good pictures of all 4 of us for Christmas cards this year.  Here are some of our favorites: