Chicago Thanksgiving and Birthday

A little blurry but I love this picture. This is Nathaniel, Noelle's son teaching Frankie how to play the piano.

This year was a little different. Instead of the usual Portage, Indiana venue for Thanksgiving, we were invited to have it at Grandma Horner's nursing home. She rented a big hall and that was where we had our get together. It was quiet a long drive from our house to Chicago. Traffic was really bad. We left an hour and a half early but we still got there a little late. Everybody was already there waiting for us and it surely was nice to see everybody again. Besides seeing Grandma, Brian, Beth, Kevin, Noelle's kids, Dad and Noelle, I always look forward to seeing Ed and Pat. I don't know why. It seems like I feel so at home when I am around them. You see Pat and Ed were adopted by Noelle's brother and they were from Korea. They are both very nice. Ed is a lot outgoing while Pat is the quiet type. Ed was Frankie's playmate as you will see it in the pictures below. I also saw that cute headless birthday cake that Noelle and Dad prepared for me. Later you will also see how I used the question mark to make it as the turkey head. All in all it was so nice. Ryan and I were mostly thankful to whoever left that cart in the hall because that was where Frankie stayed most of the time. We didn't really chase after him until when we were getting ready to leave. We are also very proud of Frankie because he was so friendly and behaved the entire time. He actually made everybody laugh many times with his sillyness. It was also nice to hear compliments about him. It makes us think that we are doing a good job which I know we are. We have so much to learn but we are getting there. Here are some of the pictures.