Thanksgiving with a difference

On Wednesday 21st we drove up to Jason's parents house for Thanksgiving. We drove up in style in a bright green and purple mini bus type car. It's Ryan's work van! It was hilarious, we were getting some of the craziest looks!
We arrived pretty late and went straight to bed.While we were at jason's parents we took Jonah for his first haircut. It seemed like a good idea at the time but the result wasn't what Jesi wanted!

While we were there we went up to a friend of Ken & Sue's who owns a working ranch. We got to hang out with the cows and mules. We even got to ride a mule. It was good fun trotting around on a big mule.

We got up and went for a nice walk by the lake.

All Clear ahead!

I went for some follow up blood tests on November 13th to make sure that my thyroid gland was functioning properly after the surgery and healing. I had to allow at least 6 weeks after the surgery to give the gland time to adjust to the change of only being half!

I got a phone call the same day which was a little worrying but the call was to tell me that I had the all clear and that my thyroid function was perfectly normal.

That means that I do not have to take any medication and that I can function normally with only half a gland.

The scar is healing nicely although I am still getting some pulling when I swallow and some sharp shooting pains, but that is to be expected for about a year because the surgeon had to cut through a lot of nerve tissue and so now its all trying to heal.

Baby Jill Arrives

Our friends Daren & Sarah had a baby girl on 2nd November at 5.30pm.
Her name is Jill Eleanor Blomquist and she weighed in at 7lbs, 9oz and was 19in long.
She is absolutely adorable.

Natalias wedding - More Party Time!

All the bridesmaids toasting the bride & groom.

All the bridesmaids get down and party!

I had fun too... as you can see my poor feet were hurting and
so I called out the big guns...!

Natalias wedding - Party Time!

The reception started with the yummiest dinner EVER! I ate all of mine and some of the other bridesmaids food while they were talking to the guests!!The First Dance.
Bride & Groom looked great as they danced their first 'married' dance!

We all got down and boogied the night away to a mixture of tunes. It was amazing watching Natalia & Will dance to Brazilian music.

The sunglasses were worn for a reason... Natalia & Will asked all their guests to bring sunglasses because one of Natalia's favorite songs is
'I wear my sunglasses at night... so I can, so i can be cool!'

Natalias wedding - The ceremony.

The ceremony was amazing and Natalia looked absolutely stunning.
Will was so happy to see her.

Natalia's Mom gave her away. They looked gorgeous.

Natalias wedding - The decorations

Here are the decorations that Natalia chose and that Jesi and I put together.

We got to the wedding site early and started to set everything up.

In the end everything looked amazing... even if I do say so myself!