The Benson Boys: Thanksgiving Weekend

A bit of an over-abundance of pictures from our Thanksgiving weekend in Hibbing an also in reverse order, but here are some highlights:)

Above, my favorite picture of the weekend featuring The Sledding Machine! Joel has no fear and no limits when it comes to sledding (as I've said before), but this hill was WAY bigger than the one in our backyard that I posted about last week! His face reflects nothing but joy when he is outside. He is just fun, fun, fun. Both Jeff and I were amazed by some of the rolling wipe-outs he took and how fast he was back up the hill once he got to the bottom.

The "double-decker".

Jeff, at the bottom of the hill, teaching Joel about snow angels

Me, moments before I went over a sizable bump that HURT my tailbone, it hurt for about 2 days afterward as well. Geesh!, I guess I'm getting old or something!

If you think Joe's path in the picture above does NOT look clear, you would be correct... he was about to slam his sled and himself RIGHT into the older kid in front of him.

And after the collision... everyone appears to be okay, (whew!)

Bean bag toss during a visit to Uncle Dan and Aunt Kathy's new lake home near Hibbing. It is a BEAUTIFUL home!

Uncle Dan and my Dad relaxing.

This was the attempt (and the best we could do) to get a picture of Great Gma and Gpa with their great grandkids. Grant was NOT having it!... after about 20 minutes of being in a power struggle with him that I should NOT have been in (in hindsight), because I was insisting that he be in this picture.... it all ended when we had to take away the camera we had given him (in an attempt to get him to stand by everyone else), which led to a one HOUR meltdown that ended with him asleep and Grant and Jeff both missing dinner while he was screaming. It was rather unbelievable actually... let's just say he was not having his finest day.

My cousins daughter Jaelynn with the boys under the table. She is a HOOT, and just a few months older than Grant

My cousins's 4 month old son, Jestin.

Grant, making "funny faces"

Joel, making "funny faces"

Joel, hard at work on this Turkey Maze

Mike and Jenn, reviewing venue choices for their wedding reception this summer. The ceremony is July 23rd at Madelyn Island in Wisconsin!! The reception will follow in the metro, one to two weeks later:) So exciting!