Sunday, December 13, 2009

Thanksgiving

We've been delayed in posting pictures again... Hopefully I can fill in for the last month soon.

We had a wonderful trip to Wisconsin during the week of Thanksgiving. As always, our week went much too quickly. The older guys spent the week hunting and we were fortunate to bring back enough venison to fill our freezer. The women spent the week looking after the younger guys... and cleaning the house (non-stop)! : )

The entire Dums family was in Hayward for most of the week. We finally had a chance to meet our newest Dums nephew - Hael. He's a really, really happy baby and both Donovan and Nicholas enjoyed checking in on him. Nicholas and Neel did a lot of "parellel play", but don't quite understand each other's styles of play yet (i.e., one thought it was great fun to play in a cardboard box, one thought it was most fun to play outside of the box with the box flaps closed). Nicholas spent most of his time playing with Molly - he loves her! Neel spent most of his time being a "worker". Donovan followed his big brother around and Hael just smiled.

The Dums Family

Hael, Donovan, and Nicholas.

Nicholas helping Great Grandma decorate Christmas cookies. One decoration for the cookie, 10 for him.





Grandpa and the big boys.

Grandma and "little" Donovan.

Malu, Neel, and Hael


Great Grandpa and Hael.

The Donovans.




Great Grandma and Hael.


Nicholas loved the frog and his tiddlywinks.

Some artwork.



Uncle Chris and the boys.


Ray and Malu


Grandpa, Neel, Donovan, and Nicholas watching "The Big Green Tractor."


On the way back to New Hampshire, we had the unfortunate luck of having our flight delayed to the point of missing our connection. Fortunately, we were able to re-route our flight through Baltimore and spend the night and part of the next day with Doug's parents.


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