The Johnson's: Nov 25: Happy Thanksgiving

Over the Thanksgiving holiday we were pleased to have Roger and Mary join us. We were eager to have them see Erik again. They last saw him in July and it seems like every week that has gone by he is changing more and more. Erik is now walking proficiently so Grandma and Grandpa got a little more exercise than they had been accustomed to on previous trips. They also got a good dose of reading books for 1 year olds.

Roger and Mary were here the 19th - 26th. Some of the highlights in no particular order are listed below:

* Grandma teaching Erik the "Grandma Dance" as Mary named it. While it's not something you'll see on dancing with the stars, it can be mastered by a one-year old, so there's a good chance you can do it. I would describe it as a fast paced potty dance.

* Installing a tree swing for Erik to use at home.

* Going on an all afternoon shopping trip for groceries where Erik got to ride in the shopping cart in three different stores! What a trooper.

* Riding on the Home Depot electric shopping cart with Grandpa

* Reading numerous stories with Grandpa and Grandma.

* Erik showing Grandma & Grandpa how he can't sit still for Sabbath School.

* Erik getting to stay home from daycare all week!

* Erik getting 2 naps a day!

* Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for several of our friends and their families that were in town over the holiday weekend.

* Meeting family friend, Donovan Kurtz, at Maggiano's near I-drive (tourist central in Orlando)

* Going to Mount Dora to the corn maze and seeing Santa!

* Putting up the Christmas tree.

* Watching Hallmark Christmas movies.

* Special thanks to Roger for installing various electrical items such as ceiling fan light kit, stove lights, programmable switches and of course for helping put up Christmas lights, etc.!

* Erik climbing the ladders while Grandpa was working...against Momma's wishes!

* Being in the swimming pool and hot tub in November!

We were hoping to post some videos to go along with a few of the items in the list above, but its now been a month since Thanksgiving and the videos aren't ready, so we are just going to post a few random pictures from that week and move on!