I haven't updated my blog for a while; mainly it is that I haven't had time to go through our pictures from Thanksgiving yet... ugh!
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Anyway...
Adam and I went "home" (to Spencer, WI) for Thanksgiving to visit Adam's family and also to go to the Packers game on November 30th.
We drove to Houston, MN, to visit my Aunt Chris and Uncle Steve and Cousins Leigh & Dru. After a yummy breakfast Thanksgiving morning, we left for Spencer. We arrived in time for lunch with the family... turkey, potatoes, and the whole shebang. Thanksgiving at the Draegers also includes quite a bit of TV and movie watching, knitting with the girls, and basically hanging out and lazing around. Julia spent quite a bit of time getting used to her new surroundings and checking the place out as well.
Friday we celebrated Thanksgiving again with Adam's Draeger side of the family at Uncle Rog's. It was good to see so much of Adam's family again and also fun to check out all of the babies close in age to Julia.
Saturday morning we said "Good Bye" to Julia as we left her with Adam's folks and headed to Green Bay. We stopped at the Point Brewery for a few purchases in the gift shop... we stopped at another brewery and brew shop... and then we stopped in Appleton to visit Brian and Shannon and to check out the reef tanks -- they were really cool!!!
After leaving Brian and Shannon's, we slowly wound our way down to Sheboygan. In Sheboygan, we visited one of my "online" friends (Talia -- well, really, we met her for the first time) at her daughter Kenna's first birthday party. It was really neat to meet Talia, Brent (her husband), and Kenna.
We stopped in Manitowoc for a pre-dinner drink and ate at The Black Forest on the north side of Green Bay. We stayed in a hotel that night.
Sunday morning we were up bright and early and got ready for the game. Friend Mark and his friend Larry picked us (and our tailgating gear) up at the hotel and we headed to Lambeau. We parked near the field in a grass lot and proceeded to get out the grill and start working on brats and other yummy snacks (like cheese and beer). We tailgated in the cold (~30 degrees... not too bad) for about two hours, and then we headed to the field around 11 am. The game began at noon. If you are a follower of the Packers at all, you know that they lost to the Panthers that day... and it was a close one. It was sad to see the Pack lose again, but fun to attend our second Packers game. Adam said, "three outta five?" Guess we're going back to Lambeau AT LEAST three more times! :)
We headed back to Spencer that night, but it was snowing and that slowed down the driving. After some discussion, we decided to stay another night at Adam's folks' and then head back to Pella on Monday. Good thing too... on I-80 between Iowa City and Grinnell, there were at least 20 cars / trucks / semis in the ditch. Glad we stayed an extra night!
Erin
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