Thanksgiving in Grand Rapids

We spent the first part of Thanksgiving weekend in Grand Rapids with my family. It was nice to visit with family and friends. We had an interesting situation with the turkey. My mom checked it at about 11 and it was supposed to be almost done. It was not even cooked yet. The pan was a little to big for the oven and that caused the oven to shut off. My sister ran to the store to see if she could round up some turkey. She did find some, so we were able to have some turkey with our feast!


The turkey at 11:00 when it was supposed to be brown and almost done cooking!


The turkey we ate with our lunch. :)


One end of the table. My brother Joe would not hang up his "fisher price" phone for some reason.


The other side of the table.


Ben playing with my brother Joe.


Curt and Ben


Ben sitting with my parents.


We were able to squeeze in a little visit the Bairds. Ben had fun playing with Luke, Jackson, and all the toys!


I thought Jackson's mask deserved a picture. He said he was an "animal catcher." They apparently need to be very serious.

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