Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great weekend with all of our family these last several days! My mom stayed the night Tuesday night so we could go out with my Lauth coworkers for my last day. Wednesday Melanie and I went to visit Jeff at work so she could start the weekend out right by being fawned over! Then Jeff's parents got to town mid-afternoon, and were here through Sunday morning. Wednesday night dinner was just Ron, Diane, Jeff, Mel and me.

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Thursday was the crazy day. We hosted (and by "hosted" I simply mean we provided the venue; everyone else did the work!) Thanksgiving dinner for Jeff's parents, my parents, Uncle Rick, Aunt Sandy, Becky, Randy, Cory, Charlie, Sammie, Julie, Matt and Molly! We were thrilled that everyone got to spend the day together, especially enjoying the four kiddos!!

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Friday was a lazy day around the house; Jeff's parents, aunt, uncle and cousin were all here; there were several Costco trips, a fun ladies lunch with Cory's family, some more time spent with Charlie, and Monical's for dinner!

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Saturday saw the departure of half of the houseguests; Rick, Sandy and Becky headed home, and we had family photos scheduled for Christmas. Last year, Randy, Cory, and we got our photos taken - at the time, we only had one child between the two families. This year we wanted to show the difference with all three! So Ron & Diane came along, and we got some good Worzala photos! We were definitely not the only people who had this great idea on the Saturday after Thanksgiving! Saturday night both sets of grandparents watched Mel & Molly while we went to see the Flying Toasters at the bar right down the street.

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Today was a recovery day - not from the bar, mind you - just getting the house back together and ready for my first day at work tomorrow!

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Mel is doing great; after a few days of feeling under the weather, and eating only Pedialyte, applesauce, and bananas, she slowly came back, feeling better every day, (Tuesday she started the Pedialyte). She was never too grumpy about not feeling well, but we could tell she was a little sick. She got back on formula Wednesday night, and has been eating like a champ most of the weekend!

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We have so many things to be thankful for, and our combined family is at the top of our list! We are so lucky that not only do we have great families, but that they get along so great and enjoy each others' company. That makes holidays so great, because we can spend time with everyone together! And Melanie is one lucky little girl!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!