November: Cold and Snowy

 Windy and cold on the first Sunday of the month....

 The snow came....and

never went away...

The sky is awesome

 especially at sunset.

 Tom, Trina and kids came well-prepared

for the snow and cold.

Ari...I hope that isn't gray hair!

Cards kept them busy indoors, too.

Cousin Parker joined the fun on Thanksgiving Day

with Caiden and Matthew

Kelly was the "kitchen manager" 

 Sami had #1 for the gift exchange....
our theme was the letter "L"

but I think Bob's gift was the real prize:

The lilac and lace "teddie"

On Friday we drove to Grand Forks to swim
 and go to the UND hockey game

The guy with the beard is Bob's brother Jerry
who is a goal judge for the team.  Photo on the wall
is from the early 1980's

 Part of "the gang" was here

 Luke was eating his "Dippin' Dots"

and he made some new friends. :-)

 We had 14 seats next to the section
where our season ticket seats are in the Club room

 The kids were excited and hoping for a "win,"
and the team did the job: We won 5-2 on Friday night.

 A bunch of hungry monsters at breakfast on Saturday

 enjoyed the buffet at the Ramada.

 Andrew watched the pancake machine 
produce three pancakes for him.

 Bob and Jerry relaxed before the kids all left.

On Saturday night, the team gave us some excitement...
we were down 3-1 in the third period when they
just exploded and made three goals in three minutes
with about two minutes left after that.  It was a tense
couple of minutes, but they pulled it off and won 4-3!
This is the traditional "salute of the sticks" (my term)
after they "sweep" both weekend games.

Thanksmas 2018:  The gang's (almost) all here! 
Andrew and Jett were outside in the snow!

Sunset

November 30th:  48 Years! Happy Anniversary :-)