About 10 days before Thanksgiving Taber's parents called with the exciting news that they were flying out to spend the holiday with us.
This was an unexpected surprise that was the result of some other good news. Taber's Dad had been diagnosed with Mantle Cell lymphoma back in March and had been battling cancer for most of the year. After months of Chemo he went in for a pet scan at the end of October and found that he was cancer free. I can't tell you how amazing it is to hear those words about someone you love.
Once they got the good news it wasn't long before they had their tickets booked to New Hampshire.
The kids were so excited when they got here that Teya was jumping up and down and Brinley was literally rolling on the floor ; )
Cam was happy to see them too and showed off all his clapping, climbing and crawling skills.
Grandma came loaded with fun activities for the kids, starting with a gingerbread house.
This is the perfect combination of happiness for my girls. Candy and crafts. : )
She also brought them a new stack of books and they relished all the reading time with Grandma.
The day before Thanksgiving we went to Outback so we wouldn't have to do major cooking 2 days in a row.
While we were there poor Teya started complaining about pain in her ear. It was so bad she was sobbing and couldn't eat her meal. We ended up taking her to the urgent care and sure enough she had an ear infection. I thought this was such a sad/sweet picture of her trying to muster a smile despite all the pain.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal (see post below) and then Melinda, Mama Rigg and I left the boys on clean up and kid duty and caught the last matinee of Breaking Dawn. I wore my wolf girl shirt for the occasion ; ) All the haters are gonna hate, but I LOVED it!! And I also think I'm switching back to team Edward...maybe... ;)
Other highlights from their visit include a taking the kids to see Arthur Christmas, which was awesome and a perfect family friendly movie for the holidays. Cam even sat still and watched it for a whole hour!
We had beautiful weather while they were here and got to spend an afternoon at the park after our movie.
Climbing cutie
Happy squishy face
Love these smiles so so much.
I thought this was a sweet picture of Brinley and Grandpa.
I was trying to get a picture of Taber and his parents with the kids and a nice stranger offered to take one of all of us. I love it when people do that : )
Later we celebrated Papa's birthday and somehow the girls managed to get gifts too. ; )
After a tough year with Papa Rigg's health we are so grateful he was able to come out and make new wonderful Thanksgiving memories with our family.
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Hahahah! J/K dude! Love the post! Love Ma and Pa Rigg! and LOVE the picture of Teya at the top where she looks like she's about to be abducted or taken to prison :) Also, that pic of Teya crying cause of the ear infection is the saddest thing I've ever seen. Glad she is feeling better now!
Oh my goodness that pic of Teya is so sad!! I still haven't seen Breaking Dawn ?!?
What great news. Glad Big Papa Rigg is doing better and you guys got a surprise visit. The girls are getting so big and are beautiful. Lil Cam is still a stud. Glad u guys had a good Thanksgiving. This is Tau :) Don't want Sarah to claim my comment...she has to show her sister some love with her own comment ;)
I am glad Taber's dad is doing better! What a blessing! You guys know how to pack in the fun. And seriously, what is with all the crazy weather?? Ther eis no snow on the ground here and it is raining today....RAINING. On December 14, in Minnesota. Craziness. Glad you guys are out enjoying it all!
haha I was going back through your posts and making sure I commented. Saw I did here, but this is the only post I don't remember reading so I read my comment. Guess I better show you some love with my own comment.
So glad Papa Rigg is better and that they got to come visit. Poor Teya is one tough cookie. Ear infections are the story of our lives over here. No fun. Camden looks so cute in that outfit and I love the girls little braids.
There were a lot of haters for Breaking Dawn, but I LOVED it and Edward did a good job in this movie...sigh...so I am no longer team Wolf :) Can't wait for the next one.
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