Thanksgiving and Rudy's 10th Birthday

Rudy incognito and ready for Thanksgiving dinner.

His cookie cake.

Opening presents from Grandmom and Grandpa.

Birthday morning. Reading his card.

Opening his present.

"Why did you get me xbox games?"

"I'm so confused."

"Wait. Did you get me an xbox?!?!"

Yep. This is how he spent the rest of the day.

For his birthday dinner we went to the local hibachi place. Bill, Renee, and Paige joined us for dinner along with Grandpa.

Silly cousins.

Photo bomb by me. :)

Bill learned how hard it is to get a good picture of Rudy. Take 1.

Take 2.

Take 3.

Take 4. That's the best you're gonna get.

Paige (with Rudy trying to photo bomb in the back).

A good picture with Paul and Grandpa.

And then it just gets worse.

Happy Birthday song at the restaurant.

The birthday hat.

Thanksgiving and Birthday Weekend

We had a busy Thanksgiving weekend, without many pictures taken. Thursday we went out to dinner with Grandpa and Grandmom. These are pre-dinner pictures taken at home. The restaurant was so crowded, there was no way to move and easily take pictures during dinner. And the dinner ended abruptly as N threw up all over me as everyone ate dessert.

Friday we cooked Thanksgiving dinner at our house and also celebrated Rudy's (and Bill's) birthdays. We only took a few blurry pictures during the present opening.

Saturday we headed out to the tree farm to tag our tree. N was not happy with it from the moment we stepped out of the car. He cried and yelled and didn't want anything to do with it.

So we picked out a tree without his help.

Looks good.

Saturday night our town had a small fair. We walked down to check it out. Rudy was thrilled to watch the magician and help him out.

A snow machine (that actually blew bubble mixture) was a big hit.

And we got a picture taken with Santa, who arrived on a fire truck.