We began the month experiencing Gopher mania for the final season in the dome. This was actually the beginning of three loses in a row after having such a fine run of wins. We must have been bad luck! Next year we will get to go to two games in the new stadium, since we went in on a pair of season tickets with Paul's brothers.
We really enjoy the marching band. It was Homecoming the week we were there, and they had a big group of alumni march with them at one point. 
The Saturday before Thanksgiving I went down to Cannon Falls and spent the day with Phebe. Jane and some friends were having a "Girl's Day Out" while the guys were up hunting, so I filled in babysitting while Jane played all day. I'm really the one who got to play all day! 
We played hide and seek, Barbies, Shake-a Doodle ( a game Phebe got for her birthday) and Sand Castle (an indoor sand box activity kit) plus computer games, and a craft I brought, and our own personal Valley Fair carnival rides on Joyce that I used to do with Jenna when she was that age. I was exhausted from being so inventive!
I can't wait until Christmas vacation to do it all over again up at my house - just like the olden days when Tom, Ted, Kyle, Corey and Jenna got to stay over night with me - NOT all at the same time.
Thanksgiving arrived early this year. We all showed up at Jane and Chuck's around 10:00 a.m. for breakfast treats and then had our turkey dinner around 1:00 p.m. I had to make sure no foods touched each other on my plate (a good technique for dieters) because I was headed for Orono by 3:30 for another meal at 5:00!
Phebe and Maddox have lots of fun hamming it up for the camera - no shy bones here!
Yum - look at that beautiful bird at Mark and Karena's! Drew helped his mom prepare some of the food this year. What a guy! Elaine's pecan pie was out of this world. We were really blessed with two wonderful meals and thank God for all of our family. We missed having the girls and Ted and Pat's boys, but we'll have an extra special Christmas in just a few weeks!
We really enjoy the marching band. It was Homecoming the week we were there, and they had a big group of alumni march with them at one point. 
The Saturday before Thanksgiving I went down to Cannon Falls and spent the day with Phebe. Jane and some friends were having a "Girl's Day Out" while the guys were up hunting, so I filled in babysitting while Jane played all day. I'm really the one who got to play all day! 
We played hide and seek, Barbies, Shake-a Doodle ( a game Phebe got for her birthday) and Sand Castle (an indoor sand box activity kit) plus computer games, and a craft I brought, and our own personal Valley Fair carnival rides on Joyce that I used to do with Jenna when she was that age. I was exhausted from being so inventive! 
I can't wait until Christmas vacation to do it all over again up at my house - just like the olden days when Tom, Ted, Kyle, Corey and Jenna got to stay over night with me - NOT all at the same time.
Thanksgiving arrived early this year. We all showed up at Jane and Chuck's around 10:00 a.m. for breakfast treats and then had our turkey dinner around 1:00 p.m. I had to make sure no foods touched each other on my plate (a good technique for dieters) because I was headed for Orono by 3:30 for another meal at 5:00!
Phebe and Maddox have lots of fun hamming it up for the camera - no shy bones here!
Yum - look at that beautiful bird at Mark and Karena's! Drew helped his mom prepare some of the food this year. What a guy! Elaine's pecan pie was out of this world. We were really blessed with two wonderful meals and thank God for all of our family. We missed having the girls and Ted and Pat's boys, but we'll have an extra special Christmas in just a few weeks!
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Kyle, Corey and I spent some time reminiscing about our fun times having sleep overs at your house! I'm sure Phebe will love it. I also offered to have her to my house for a night over break so I can do my best to be like "my Joyce."
Phebe's comment when I got home was "Can Joyce live here all the time?" We had a high school girl stay with her the other night, and she said she had fun, but she wasn't as good as Joyce!
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