Thanksgiving at the Lundby Hive!

Just a few photos from our Thanksgiving slumber party with my sister Nora, her husband Alan, their three boys Hank, Mick and Jack and our friends Nathan and Laura and their kids; Titus, Ari, Sophia and Eero. We had such a nice time and we're so thankful for our friends and family!

Elena and cousin, Mick.

My sister Nora's boys; Mick, Hank and Jack.

Erik and his turkey. This is the recipe he has followed for the last three years. It's delicious!

Ha ha ha!

 Erik's basting his turkey again and making the filling for the sour cream raisin pie.

 Alan and Nathan carving the turkey.

Erik putting the final touches on his meringue. He made his Grandma Lundby's sour cream raisin pie with a brown sugar meringe. And he also made a spicy chocolate pie. Both were amazing, although, Laura's homemade blueberry pie was devoured first. It tasted like my Grandma's, it was lovely.

 Saying grace over by the kids table.

The kids were thrilled to have full control of their own sparkling cider bottles, I think they drank more than they ate.

And we were thrilled to eat. The food was yummy. Oh, the stuffing was to die for, here's the recipe that Nora uses, I think I could eat it every day.

Elena made a dessert all by herself, she made layered jello in juice cups. They were pretty cute. 

  Mick, Sophie and Eero enjoying their jello cups.

 Story time.

 Craft time.

 Snuggle time.

Happy time.

Is it November yet? I think I could go for another round of Thanksgiving, how about you?


P.S. More Thanksgiving photos can be found over on my "creative blog", GretaBag.

Date Night!

A couple of weeks ago, Erik and I went on a date. He suggested we go to see a Cirque du Soleil show. I had never been to a Cirque du Soleil show and this particular show was the Michael Jackson The Immortal Cirque du Soleil Show. From images of Cirque du Soleil I'd seen on TV, I couldn't quite compute how these two would mesh together... and I had been feeling a bit under the weather... so, to say the least, I was hesitant. But for the love of my husband and because of encouragement from friends, I decided I'd go.
And, uh... well, it was the most amazing show I've ever seen!! I can't imagine a Cirque du Soleil show I'd rather go to, it was like a concert (you know, where you could sing along) and a spectacular performance all in one, it was incredible! I'm so glad I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and went. All for the love of my husband!

Hey random stranger, would you take our picture, we thoroughly enjoyed the show. In fact, it was such a high energy show that we got tired from just watching and besides, that arm-stretching photo taking (that we tried) didn't work out so well. :)

Friendship bracelets by Elena

Hi everyone Elena here, I am doing a blog post about these friendship bracelets I have been making.

Do you like them? I am making A whole bunch of these and selling them at the Christmas bazaar at my school. If you would like me to make you one for a price E-mail me at elena@lundbyhive.com.

         

BYE BYE!!!!

Saturday Lunch

Last Saturday the four of us went out for lunch at a cute little restaurant called "The Old School Grill" in Carson, WA. It was so nice to go out to lunch as a family and so nice to not have to go far from home. The food was yummy, the homemade potato chips are completely addictive, but we had the most fun playing air hockey!

The kids can't wait to go back again! Actually, I'm looking forward to playing a little air hockey myself!

Happy 11th Birthday, Elena!

Just a few scenes from Elena's birthday party! Enjoy!

 Daddy brought her flowers, she was so thrilled!

 Lots of our good friends came.

 We had paninis, Elena's favorite. She prefers turkey and cheddar, but we also offered steak, onion and pepper jack. Yum!

We made Brownie Pie instead of cake, click here to see how we made it. It was scrumptious!

Thanks, everyone for coming! We're so glad you came to celebrate with us!
And Happy birthday, to our little princess!

Some Fun monopoly

A couple days ago I bought monopoly and u-build monopoly.  We played u-build monopoly it was really fun but I lost in last place and my father won.  I want to play regular monopoly some time.

Have you played u-build monopoly or monopoly?

Which one do you like better?

I would like your opinion, so please leave me a comment .

Thank you,

Deacon - age 9

New Blog!!

In an attempt to keep my family life somewhat separate from my "business/hobby/creative therapy" life, I've started a new blog!  Check it out and let me know what you think!

Here's the link: GretaBag

Thanks for stopping by the LundbyHive!