Thanksgiving Fun

This Thanksgiving we were blessed to have Ben's parents come to visit. It was a last minute decision as it worked with travel for them. We had a great time exploring new things in our new city and a great time showing them our new life here. It was freezing and snowed the day they flew in, which I am told is colder than normal for this time of year. ;) Mia was dedicated the first night they were here and the following days we enjoyed good food, fun shopping, and lots of laughs. It was relaxing and fun for our girls especially for family to see our new city and to celebrate Mia's first Thanksgiving. (Thanks to Gran for the pictures, she is always good at taking the pictures.)

 Wearing our new clothes from Geep and Gran

 Gran brought fun crafts to do!

 Ellie then did her own crafts!

 She even made a hat for Mia!

 Geep enjoying some cuddles with Mia and Quinn! Quinn loves her Mia!

 Ellie dressed up Mia!

 Even in our small space we made our favorites!

 And yes, we used paper plates. We have to work with what we have since most of our things are in storage. With a small sink and kitchen paper is what we needed to use for ease in clean up.

 Talking to Uncle Drew! This girl loves the phone!

 Doing a little shopping! I had to include this picture because Ellie is adorable!

 Shopping with these girls can get a little crazy!

 Gran and the girls!

 We went to Mall of America and enjoyed looking in some stores....

 riding some rides...

 eating at the Rainforest Cafe...

 and seeing the legos!

 Christmas Pictures with Geep and Gran at church!

 Picking up Mees, Gran got a sweet picture of Ellie taking care of Quinny! Ellie is the best big sister. She loves on Quinn and Mia so much with her sweet heart. She has moments she gets annoyed with Quinn and does not treat her the best, but that is part of being sisters, most times she really loves on her. Quinn is always heartbroken when she can not find Ellie or Ellie is not with her.

 We went downtown to Macy's to see their Christmas display. They have a walk through storybook on their 8th floor that tells the story of a day in the life of the elves. It was so cute and more than we expected. It was completely free and the girls loved it.

 Quinn even visited Santa while we were there!

 Ellie and her sweet heart helping Quinny get ready to go in the cold.

 We walked on the skyways as much as possible to get to the Holidazzle set up. It was freezing and in the single digits this night.

 We did get to see Santa's reindeer while we were there!

 Gran got this awesome picture of Maggie! Mags is a little stir crazy having to stay inside, but she has done great moving to a new place.

 On the last day of their visit Geep left in the morning for work and Gran got to spend the day with us before leaving that night. Unfortunately the cold weather gave her a bad cold, but we enjoyed playing with blocks and dress up at home before she left.

 Here are a few pictures of our preparations before they got here. Our schedule was a little crazy and we didn't carve a pumpkin this year, but I let the girls paint it.

 While they were here we checked out the indoor park. It was great! The playground was huge with lots of great slides. They were fast with huge drop offs that I did not expect. Quinn was a little small to go by herself and Ellie was a little nervous, so Geep, Ben and I had to venture in. Ben and Geep went first and then I ventured in. I enjoyed it as I like stuff like this, it was just a little tiring. Ben was a little tall for everything, but he will do anything for his girls, even if it is not the most comfortable.

 Mia enjoyed a nap while her sisters played.

 They also had a great play space with toys to ride and hula hoops and basketball as well as a bounce house.

We had a great time on all our adventures and are looking forward to many more!