Good family times~

We all hopped in Andrews' car this morning and headed for Grandpa and Grandma Bornemanns' place in Mandan. We got there a little before noon and helped Grandma with last minute meal and table preparations. Dad even carved the....chickens. :)

Mother waited out in the car for a while to meet up with a lady we were selling some beef to. Here Grandma is welcoming her in...

The boys---observing Grandma's bountiful display of houseplants....

After a delicious (and very filling) meal, we looked at some pictures I'd taken along from this past year and the boys played their instruments for a while. Then we sat down at the table for a 3-hour long game of Chicken Foot Dominoes (using all 12 groups of numbers).

Nice flash!

We had fun!

We finished that long game right at 6:00, then ate some more and opened some presents our grandparents had for us. We had to head for home then, as Sally needed milking....

This evening, I gave Mom one of her birthday gifts early: a movie of a collection of O'Henry's short stories made into film. We watched 2 of the stories and really enjoyed them!

Mother has several more pictures of our time with our relatives on her I-pod, so I'm sure she'll be sharing those sometime.

It is a nice thing to be with family! I think our grandparents were pretty happy that we came too, as none of their other children/family is able to make it there this year for the holidays....