Last weekend and again this weekend you got to spend some quality and treasured time with your cousins, your aunts and uncles, and most importantly – your Oma! Thanksgiving gave us an excuse to gather at Aunt Bi’s and Uncle Mark’s. Some awesome highlights from that long weekend included:
* Swimming at the Y with Uncles Mark, Jim and Hakon
* An awesome trip to Meijer Gardens
* Exploring Grand Rapids Museum and watching “Let it Snow” in the planetarium
* Movie night – 2 nights in a row: “Home” and “Earth to Echo” – leading to serious snuggles with and for Niklas
* The game of “Unravel” -> saran wrap ball of goodies
* Opening gifts from each other (Lizzy was super excited about her donut mug)
* Jojo and Scooter got to play together!!

This weekend we are celebrating Uncle Mark’s 50th – and we TOTALLY surprised him!! Auntie Amy and Oma flew back from Seattle and Minnesota and arrived early yesterday morning. They snuck into Mark’s office…and SHOCKED him. Then you, Madey, Dan and I arrived after a long day drive, arriving at 10:30pm and snuck up to his bedroom and jumped on his bed. Again, total surprise – super fun!!