Monday, December 01, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving.
Our little clan flew out to Virginia Beach for the long weekend. My youngest brother, Scott, and his family drove up from South Carolina so my Mom had the entire family, with grand kids, all back home (my middle brother, Doug, and his family still live in town).
As visits go, this one was relatively short. We flew into Norfolk on Wednesday, getting into town about 10:30 pm. Thursday was pretty relaxing. My sister-in-law, Stacey, and I hit the gym for a quick workout, then Doug, Scott and I headed to a local park for a round of Frisbee golf. My oldest nephew, Chance, also came and played. For November, the day was bright and warm and we had a great time walking the course.
Unfortunately, I'm having elbow problems, so I was an observer, not a player. I've never seen my brothers play Frisbee golf and I was pretty impressed. Chance, Scott's son, was good; consistently making par. In keeping with Lindenberg tradition, we did not have Turkey as part of our Thanksgiving meal. Instead it was Cornish hen, oven-fried chicken, potato latkes, cranberry relish, corn souffle', and green bean casserole. Mmmmmm.
We did a kids table for Pierce, Anna and Kevin and they seemed to like the setup. Doug's twins, Adam and Derrick ate with us, and they were hilarious. They're almost three and very chatty. Doug was able to extend the evening by giving his kids bathes at my Mom's house so they could stay a little later.
Friday started with another work out, this time with Stacey, Nora and me. After an easy afternoon, Nora and Stacey went shopping, my Mom took all the grand kids bowling, and we three boys went for a bike ride. Again, we got great weather and were able to ride some trails for a couple of hours with just sweatshirts on. As always, we spent the time catching up and telling old stories. We all re-convened at Doug's house for Pizza and salad and more visiting.
All the kids got along very well. Chance was incredibly patient with his much younger cousins and spent a lot of time playing with Kevin. Anna and Kevin were also "two peas in a pod" with Anna frequently deferring to the younger Kevin to lead their activities. Pierce and Derrick hit it off, with Pierce either reading to Derrick, or playing with his toys.
Scott and his family headed back to South Carolina Saturday morning. Scott was anxious to get back, so Stacey and Nora cancelled their shopping plans so Scott's family could get on the road a little earlier. Needless to say, the day was very quiet relative to the prior couple of days. We had tentative plans to hit a children's museum, but instead spent a quiet day in the house with Nora and me tag-team napping. Doug and his family came over for Saturday night dinner. The previous evening I had helped Doug work on his computer to get it back in prime working order, and he brought his laptop over to see if we could tweak it a bit more (unfortunately, the results were somewhat mixed).
Our return flight was an early 6:30 am Sunday morning. With the exception of Pierce, we all slept on the long, first-leg of the flight. For a change, we had the perfect air-travel experience with no significant problems either going to, or returning from, Virginia. Its been years since we've been able to say that.
We got back into town around lunch and the kids and I pretty much hung out. Nora headed of to the store to buy her parents an anniversary gift to an anniversary dinner held for them at Billy's house that (Sunday) night. Billy's family is very warm and friendly and we always enjoy spending time with them. Pierce and Anna spent all the non-eating time playing with their older cousins.
We got home at a decent hour and got Pierce and Anna bathed and in bed early. Then, of course, Nora and I stayed up way too late.
-Eric (Dad)
Our little clan flew out to Virginia Beach for the long weekend. My youngest brother, Scott, and his family drove up from South Carolina so my Mom had the entire family, with grand kids, all back home (my middle brother, Doug, and his family still live in town).
As visits go, this one was relatively short. We flew into Norfolk on Wednesday, getting into town about 10:30 pm. Thursday was pretty relaxing. My sister-in-law, Stacey, and I hit the gym for a quick workout, then Doug, Scott and I headed to a local park for a round of Frisbee golf. My oldest nephew, Chance, also came and played. For November, the day was bright and warm and we had a great time walking the course.
Unfortunately, I'm having elbow problems, so I was an observer, not a player. I've never seen my brothers play Frisbee golf and I was pretty impressed. Chance, Scott's son, was good; consistently making par. In keeping with Lindenberg tradition, we did not have Turkey as part of our Thanksgiving meal. Instead it was Cornish hen, oven-fried chicken, potato latkes, cranberry relish, corn souffle', and green bean casserole. Mmmmmm.
We did a kids table for Pierce, Anna and Kevin and they seemed to like the setup. Doug's twins, Adam and Derrick ate with us, and they were hilarious. They're almost three and very chatty. Doug was able to extend the evening by giving his kids bathes at my Mom's house so they could stay a little later.
Friday started with another work out, this time with Stacey, Nora and me. After an easy afternoon, Nora and Stacey went shopping, my Mom took all the grand kids bowling, and we three boys went for a bike ride. Again, we got great weather and were able to ride some trails for a couple of hours with just sweatshirts on. As always, we spent the time catching up and telling old stories. We all re-convened at Doug's house for Pizza and salad and more visiting.
All the kids got along very well. Chance was incredibly patient with his much younger cousins and spent a lot of time playing with Kevin. Anna and Kevin were also "two peas in a pod" with Anna frequently deferring to the younger Kevin to lead their activities. Pierce and Derrick hit it off, with Pierce either reading to Derrick, or playing with his toys.
Scott and his family headed back to South Carolina Saturday morning. Scott was anxious to get back, so Stacey and Nora cancelled their shopping plans so Scott's family could get on the road a little earlier. Needless to say, the day was very quiet relative to the prior couple of days. We had tentative plans to hit a children's museum, but instead spent a quiet day in the house with Nora and me tag-team napping. Doug and his family came over for Saturday night dinner. The previous evening I had helped Doug work on his computer to get it back in prime working order, and he brought his laptop over to see if we could tweak it a bit more (unfortunately, the results were somewhat mixed).
Our return flight was an early 6:30 am Sunday morning. With the exception of Pierce, we all slept on the long, first-leg of the flight. For a change, we had the perfect air-travel experience with no significant problems either going to, or returning from, Virginia. Its been years since we've been able to say that.
We got back into town around lunch and the kids and I pretty much hung out. Nora headed of to the store to buy her parents an anniversary gift to an anniversary dinner held for them at Billy's house that (Sunday) night. Billy's family is very warm and friendly and we always enjoy spending time with them. Pierce and Anna spent all the non-eating time playing with their older cousins.
We got home at a decent hour and got Pierce and Anna bathed and in bed early. Then, of course, Nora and I stayed up way too late.
-Eric (Dad)
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