Thanksgiving in Washington

We flew to Washington on Thankgiving morning to visit Dale's mom and dad. Janean and her boyfriend Sherwin were also going to be there, so another good reason to go. Bennett did really well on his first plane ride, his second one, not as good, but we all survived. We had another good visit with the Swagers and ate enough food for a month.
We went on a Thanksgiving wine tour while we were there. It was pretty interesting. There are tons of wineries in that area and we visited 5, I think. Bennett had enough after 4, so we stayed in the van for the last one.
Sunday morning it snowed! I haven't seen snow while I was in Washington before, so that was a first. It is funny how different it is there when it snows as opposed to Iowa (or Winnipeg for that matter). Dad thought they might cancel church in the morning and it seemed to me it was only a light dusting, but alas, we had church.
Bennett learned how to sit up on his own while we were in Washington, so that was fun. He still doesn't have any teeth, but I swear I can see white on the bottom!

Grandpa Swager and Bennett


Bennett sitting on his own... kind of a tripod!


Dad, Janean, Sherwin, Janelle & Dale at a winery

November

Bennett, Auntie Megan and Mike

Grandma & Grandpa VL Mom & Bennett

Grandma feeding Bennett Grandpa reading the Christmas story to Bennett


We have once again enjoyed a couple weekend of guests at our house and Bennett has once again been spoiled. His auntie Megan and her boyfriend Mike were here for 4 days and we really enjoyed their company. Auntie Megan is always spoiling Bennett and he eats up the attention.
Last weekend mom and dad van Leeuwen were here for a VERY short weekend. Grandpa read Bennett some stories and he was so content to listen. He loves books. Grandma fed him and bathed him and also once again spoiled him. We are flying to Washington tomorrow morning to visit Bennett's other Grandparents. He is not going to know what hit him after all this spoiling is over!