Thanksgiving 2012

This year for Thanksgiving we headed to the windy city to visit some of our Christensen cousins.  We had a really great meal and wonderful company.  Based on the first few hours, we thought that Addie and Braden were going to be the best of friends.  They played great, but also seemed to bring out the contentious in each other.  After thinking about it, I think it was just two strong-willed oldest children at a 'fun' stage.  Anyway, we still had lots of fun.  We went to their ginormous mall and even visited Santa and we also went into the city which Addie and Andres thought was awesome.

 

These two guys are just a few weeks apart and spent the weekend crawling all over the place.

This picture kind of shows how most of the time was - Addie and Braden being goofy and crazy and Andres . . . just . . . there.

The whole group (sleeping Dexter's foot can be seen in the stroller on the left) in front of Santa's wonderland.

In front of the Cloud Gate (we called it the big bean) and I love this picture because I couldn't get Braden to stop dancing because he was so cold - so funny!

Love those faces.

We had so much fun exploring a little of Chicago with this bunch!

The whole family (even though Addie and Andres have no clue) on the streets of Chicago.

We went to a German Christmas market that they had downtown and it was very nostalgic for me and Jason.  The cold, the crowds, and full of Christmas cheer.



Thought I'd end the post with this fabulous picture.  It reminded me of a Christmas Story.  He didn't like being in the suit until we hit the cold, then he didn't seem to mind a bit.  He was probably the warmest of the whole bunch.