What a Wonderful Thanksgiving

The Meendering family came to Omaha to celebrate Thanksgiving this year. It worked out great because Randy and Sue live in Huron SD and Sam, Nick and Ava live in Cedar Rapids IA, so we could meet in the middle and no one had to have a terribly long drive. This was especially good for Sam and Nick because their drive to Omaha was quite an adventure. Ava got sick a few times on the drive and a drive that normally takes 4 hours took about 7!

Once everyone got to Omaha we had a great time. We relaxed and ate a lot of great food on thanksgiving day. The girls went out shopping on Friday and the boys did a few house projects. We also took in a UNO hockey game. We really enjoyed having everyone at our house and it was sad to see everyone go! We are already looking forward to Christmas.

Here is everyone posing for a family picture .....

GO DUCKS

We had a great Saturday night watching the Ducks beat Arizona State! As we watched the game on TV we kept reminiscing about all of our fond memories of Duck Football games with our friends. We were thinking of you guys at the game and wish we were there with you! National Championship here we come!!

Here are a few great memories.
Our first UO football game together Fall 2002.....

Checking out Autzen Stadium when the Meendering Family came for our Masters degree graduation Spring 2004.....

Watching a game with mom and dad Gee Fall 2005.....

Inside the Ducks Locker Room with Sam, Nick, and Ava the day before a Duck Football game Fall 2006.......

On the field after the game with Sam and Nick Fall 2006......

Operation New Windows

Mom and Dad Meendering came down last weekend and helped install new windows in our house. I was really freaked out about just taking out our windows and having a big hole in our house, but jon ensured me that it would go smoothly. It took a full day of hard work, but we got 6 of the 7 windows installed. Our house still had the original single pane windows from when it was built in 1930 with counter weights in the walls. They were difficult to open and many panes had small cracks. We figured it would be a good investment to put in new windows before winter, plus I was not a big fan of the old aluminum storm window from the exterior of our house, so the new windows were a great update. Here are a few pictures of our hard work.

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