We were invited to my sister Caroline's house back in my home town (right in back of my parents house) for Thanksgiving this year. What a wonderful day it was. Of course, we could not head down to the Cities early in the day as we had to start the day of thankfulness and feasting here at home with a huge breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls and cheesy egg bake (both recipe's compliments of Gunnar's Godmother Lisa).
Gunnar felt that before we ate we should say what we were thankful for. Hans, in a truly desperate hurry to get at the food, said that he was thankful for his parents, his cat, and CINNAMON ROLLS, and then promptly went face first into his plate. Gunnar, the calmer one about food, very sweetly described many aspects of his life that he is thankful for and then peacefully went about eating his breakfast. Orn and I attempted to follow Gunnar's lead. :)
We had a nice visit with Caroline, Gary, Nathel, and Chene (Chloe and Travis were spending Thanksgiving with Travis's family). It's fun to hear about Nathel's experiences at Cordon Bleu and Chene's experiences as a PSEO student at the University of Minnesota. When Mom and Dad showed up for dinner we all sat down to eat. Gunnar and Hans were pretty obsessed with an opportunity to pull a wishbone (as illustrated in the pictures), so they were thrilled when we finished feasting (and what a feast it was!) and they could set about wishing and yanking. Hans won. :)
After dinner we all relaxed in the living room and listened to Gunnar play the piano. Orn accompanied Gunnar on a couple pieces and soon Chene retrieved her flute and joined in for family music time. The boys were thrilled when Nathel took them upstairs to show them her electric guitar. Life is good when you've got that many instruments to choose from. We had a wonderful time visiting with the Andersons and Meldahls late into the evening before making the trek back to St. Cloud. What a wonderful day and evening!
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