Today the Umscheid side of my family celebrated Thanksgiving and a family reunion. Many members of the family were able to make it home, but not all. Included in the pictures above are: Dale and Maurine Belz (great friends of my grandparents and like family), my family (Mom and Dad are in front with Logan and Landon, Ben and his girlfriend Alyssa and Jeff and I are in the back row), my aunt Donna and her family, my aunt Diane and her family, and my Grandma and Grandpa with all of their children. Not everyone got a family picture taken because not everyone was here, but I included the ones that I had. We had a nice time, and things didn't get too wild and crazy this year, though many family members either ended up with a piercing or a tatoo from my cousin Eric (yes, he is licensed to do both)...not my kind of thing, however! I am thankful for my grandparents, who head this family up...they are GREAT!
On Thursday, we went to Cherokee to celebrate Thanksgiving with Jeff's family and celebrate Logan's birthday with Grandma and Grandpa Duvall. We weren't sure Jeff could do it, but he cooked a very yummy turkey for us and Lorraine had plenty of other food to go with it! A friend of the family, Marian, joined us for our feast. After stuffing ourselves, the boys got to go out to the farm and ride the tractor there...a little chilly, but the boys didn't care. I wasn't feeling the greatest, so I didn't go and don't have pictures of that. When everybody got back to the house we ate some more (like we really needed to) and had cake, ice cream, and Logan opened his present. He got a drum set and was SO excited! He's been wanting one for awhile now! Now he won't have to set up 3 or 4 buckets and pretend he has a drum set...he has the real deal now...I'm sure even the neighbors know it too, as he drums constantly and there are no volume controls on a drum:)
