Thanksgiving 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year…All of our Riedel Florida family was here for the holiday. Tim and Kelly & baby Will stayed with Pam and Wally, Scooter and his family stayed with Chris and Nona, and Mom and Don stuck it out in our backroom. 2 air mattresses and a few nights on the couch and all was well. We were SOO happy to have them at our house, Brin didn’t know what to do with herself…she LOVES having guests! We spent Thanksgiving day at Aunt Pam’s house. It was beautifully decorated for Christmas, the food was delicious and the kids had soo much fun playing with Izzy the dog and just running crazy in her HUGE back yard! Nick and Brin and I left Pams and headed over to Pam and Wally’s for dessert…A fun and BUSY day.

The day after Thanksgiving, another reason for the Florida family to be here, a surprise party for Don and Scooter was thrown at Grady’s Grill in Homewood. Don turned 70 and Scooter 40. They were DEFINATLY surprised and overwhelmed by all of the people….Great Job Chris & Nona!

Here are some pictures from the party…

The perfect picture to end a PERFECT & BUSY weekend…

Morton Arboretum

We took Brin to the Morton arboretum on October 20th. It was soo much FUN! Nick and I had never been there before and we will definitely be back. There were lots of places to play and lots to look at. Brin and Daddy checking our the fountains!Jumping on her shadow!Posing for the camera!

Painting her pumpkin…lots of fun!

SMILE

Making Sugar Cookies

We made pumpkin sugar cookies over the weekend. This was Brins first time making cookies. She had soo much fun!

“Foot Stuck, Mommy”

So, she walks into the kitchen the other day and says, “foot stuck, help!” and then she laughed at her self! I love this kid! She is soo funny!

Eating corn for the 1st time

This weather, here in Chicago, has been INCREDIBLE… we were definitely spoiled last week with high 70’s mid 80 degree weather. This week, it has been beautiful, just chilly. During the warmer weather, I think we were pretending it was June, we BBQ’d, opened all the windows and were bummed when our corn was just OK…but then we came back to reality and realized…hello…its just MARCH…we still have 4 months before local corn is ready…  

Brin had her first ear of corn for dinner. She was VERY interested in it…for a few minutes, then her pickiness kicked in… but she is being more adventurous with her food lately…or you could also call it…falling for the brib…but lets just say adventurous!  

Family Movie Afternoon

On Saturday, we decided to have our 1st family movie time. We popped some popcorn, had pretzels and raisins and watched Toy Story 3. Brin did SUCH A GOOD job! She was soo into the movie. The look on her face in this picture is how she watched the WHOLE movie! She stood up only twice during the movie and never once got down to play with toys. I think the movie theater may be in our summer plans. I was totally impressed! It was SOOO much fun!