Rick and Ranae: Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Matthew's home in Colorado. We had so much fun. Eric, Joy, Stephanie and her boys came, also. We missed Jason, Lacey and their family and Brett and wished they could have been there. We hadn't seen Stephanie, Noah and Cooper since July. The boys have grown so much. It was fun to see Cooper walking and Noah talking so much. Matthew and Katie's little ones (Carter and Keegan) have also changed so much. They just love to smile and coo and be talked to. We are so excited for Eric and Joy and their little spirit that will be arriving in June. We waited until Friday to have Thanksgiving dinner. It was great! The turkey was cooked in a big electric roaster and was very moist (loved it, Matthew). We watched the Nebraska-Colorado game on Friday! (Yes, there was a little excited cheering going on from Eric and Joy!) The girls (Stephanie, Katie, Joy and myself) went to Twilight the movie and left the guys home to babysit. Great movie and fun time being with just the girls. The guys had their time on Saturday- they went to an Avalanche game! Eric has waited for a belated Eagle Scout gift from Mom and Dad for eight years-a long time in coming! They had a great time. My sister-in-law, Gail, my neices Jami and Jennifer, their husbands and kids, and my nephew, Brady, came up on Saturday. Brady, Chad and Nathan went to the game with our guys. The girls and kids went out to dinner and then to the outlet mall. I must say that it was a busy fun-filled time. We loved it all except for the drive home. We didn't leave until 3:30 on Sunday afternoon and ended up in a snowstorm between Denver and Colorado Springs. It took us 3 1/2 hours to go forty miles. So by 7:00 p.m., we pulled over and stayed at a motel at the outlet mall by Denver and waited until Monday to drive the rest of the way home. I'm starting to think Denver and I don't mix...I keep getting stuck there overnight!

Here are some of the pics I took of our Thanksgiving weekend: