Thanksgiving 2016 part 2

Friday, 11/25/16

The morning started off with all 6 kids back down at the tee-pee campfire, cooking apples & more popcorn thanks to Aunt Lori's suggestion on Thanksgiving! :D

They were really good!

That afternoon, Mimi found, in the newspaper :) (inside joke, Mimi wants to get rid of the paper, Pap wants to keep it) that there was public, outside ice-skating in downtown Dayton... starting at 2:30pm! How fun! And it was!!

Carson helping LeaAnn

Right along the river... it was beautiful

Just loved this backdrop!

Waiting on the Zamboni to smooth out the ice

This is always the best feeling... smooth gliding :)

And we corralled them all ONE MORE TIME... for this :) and I'm really glad we did.

A very nice lady offered to use my big camera to get us all in the picture... just missing Don & Ash!

We all warmed up with hot cocoa!

Asking Carson to smile for the picture :)

And he did!

 We were wrapping up and LeaAnn found friends! She told me they asked her if they could be friends and she said, "well sure, but I don't live in Ohio" :) sweet girl

We had such a wonderful time! All 3 girls said they wanted to go back every year to that rink! :) We ended the night eating Cassano's in Middletown and Ashley got to join us. A perfect ending to a wonderful day!

Saturday, 11/26 - the Ohio State / Michigan game was on and we went to Mendi & Brian's to watch it! Carson had a soccer game, Mimi took the girls to Bartel's to get a wreath, and once at Mendi's, the girls were bored so they drove the Gator over to Tara's house and decorated for Christmas! :D She was tickled with all that they came up with <3
That night, Mimi & Pap took all 6 kids to Niederman's and that was the end of our Thanksgiving in Ohio... thank you Mimi & Pap for everything! We had a wonderful time!