Saturday, December 1, 2012

The Collier Gang Comes to Chicago!

We are so THANKFUL that Phil, Mare, and the girls could come and spend a week with us for Thanksgiving this year!  They are such troopers driving so far with that precious cargo to come see us.  We LOVED having them here with us and really enjoyed the quality time with Anna and Kate!  Oftentimes when the Munz clan gets together, there is so much chaos it is hard to really enjoy these twinkies because there are so many kids starving for your attention.  So, for this week, I am so incredibly grateful!

The kids ADORED the girls and couldn't keep their hands off:) 

Anna Banana

Katie Kate

The weather was beautiful while they were here so we took advantage and spent a lot of time outside on walks and at the park.

It was so fun playing with Anna and Kate and introducing them to so many new toys!

Anna and Kate turned ONE the Sunday they left.  I couldn't help but to throw them a Chicago birthday party.  I was so thankful to be a part of them turning ONE!  We decided to throw their bash on Thanksgiving day because that was the only day that everyone would be here.
Dad, Mom and Rylee flew in Thanksgiving day to celebrate the Holiday.  Since Mom was taking the girls to NYC this year, dad jumped on board and we all (Dad, Mom, Rylee, The Henry Gang, Mama Henry and Garrett) got to celebrate the holiday together!
Such a special time!

We are SO BIG!

Kate eating cake for the first time:)

Anna too!

Pulled out my china for the FIRST time:)  I was pretty proud of my table so I decided to share a pic with you all.

 Typical King…enough said right Mare?:)

An afternoon out at the Dupage Children's Museum
Even PopPop got involved in helping King make an airplane:)

 The girls loved it and so did my boys!

Our precious nieces

Jud spending some quality time with Anna

We LOVED our time together with the Collier gang and the rest of the family!  It was such a blessing to have so much LOVE in one house.  Thank you all for coming to see us…We love you even if you did bring the Flu bug with you:)  

I will post some pics soon but a little update on the NYC ladies…they had an absolute BLAST!  Mom loved every bit of it and so did the girls.  Thank you Mimi for being such a wonderful grandma and for such special memories in the Big Apple!  And thanks to PopPop for sending Walley along:) We love you!

2 comments:

thecolliergang said...

Ahhh....we had such a great time!! And King,seriously....what are you gonna do with that kid?! LOVE YOU!!

Melissa Batusic said...

The only thing missing was the Batusics! Oh, and great pic of your china tabletop!!