This Thanksgiving we flew to Minnesota to spend 10 days with my side of the family. Ah, I love being with my family! It is so natural! Everyone but Hillary was there. She is in Kenya studying abroad and doesn't get home for a couple weeks yet. It was rather weird being there and not seeing her. I think this was the first time that has happened! We missed her a lot, but we had a wonderful time with everyone else! Here is everyone at Seth and Laura's place on Thanksgiving Eve:
In the back on the left is my brother Sammy with Mikko in his lap :) Next to him is my husband, Matt and then my brother Seth and his wife, Laura. Seth is holding Finnegan. Then me at the end. Down in front are Dad and Mom :)
Some other people who were around a lot? Our friends Lars and Erica Nelson and their little girl Annika! We hadn't seen Annika since she was a month old and now she is so big and SO cute at 7 months! Here we are with the Nelsons :)
My Aunt Candi and Lori were over a lot too! It was so nice seeing them! They used to live here in Tacoma and a few years ago they moved out to MN for work and now they are close to Mom and Dad's! Here is a picture of everyone at Thanksgiving dinner, Candi and Lori are on the left:
Later in the evening, after our amazing Thanksgiving dinner we all got to skype with Hillary!! Here she is!
It was so great seeing her, even if it was on a computer screen! I can't be too sad, though, about her not being there, because she is coming to visit us for 3 weeks in January!! So, looking forward to that time with her.
You know one thing that always makes me laugh when I see my friend Erica? We inevitably end up matching at least once or twice without trying at all. It could have something to do with the fact that we love the same colors, but I just get a kick out of it! We always end up looking like we coordinated our outfits to match like we were in grade school :) Here we are with Annika on one such day:
Anyways, while we were in Minnesota, we basically did a lot of hanging out. We watched movies, played games, went shopping, sat around the living room chatting.... just lots of time spent together with family and close friends. Also a lot of eating :) I love being pregnant during the holidays!! I don't feel bad about indulging at all!
Another thing I loved while we were there was seeing little Annika. Especially seeing my family and my husband with her. My Dad kept saying how fun it was to play with her and could you even imagine what it will be like with "ours"?! And Matt playing with her just warmed my heart... he is going to be such a great Daddy. Annika herself is just the happiest and content and social little child!
Let me wrap this up with a few more pictures from our time there:
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