Thanksgiving and The Beast

I guess I will give a bit of a Thanksgiving update...The turkey was good, but Scott said he would not prepare it this way again. I'm sure next year there will be another idea! We did have a great time with family and friends. After our dinner we went bowling with everyone. The high scorer was our friend Geoff, who quietly blew everyone away!! (And Ashley gets an "A" for effort! :)) We came home and had a great game of Apples to Apples. We have lots to be thankful for and hope everyone else had a great day too!

Part B of my post: The Beast

Anyone who has spoken to Scott since last winter has heard him complain about all the snow shoveling he had to do since we experienced record snowfall for our first winter in MI. Scott loves to tell all who will listen about his hours spent cleaning off the driveway and then slowly making his way around our sidewalk so the children can make their way safely to their bus stop on our corner in the mornings. And how our friendly (non-English speaking) next door neighbor would try to help, but he had his mini-snowblower on a cord and could only reach so far down the sidewalk. Anyway, a man in the church Scott served this summer heard his plight and offered the perfect solution. He had a revitalized snow blower to sell very cheap to us! So Scott and the kids made the trip back to Chicago last week to pick up "The Beast". Scott has been eagerly awaiting a major snowfall to try it out. Today was the day! This thing is quite large for neighborhood snowblowing and my dad joked that you need an operator's license to run it. Anyway, I'm sure there will be more stories to tell...