This November was Gimmy's 80th birthday and we managed to pull off a surprise reunion!!! Everyone came up to Michigan for the week of TG. Gimmy was in the back yard showing us some squirrels and when he looked up Nancy and Karen were standing there. They both came up from TX (along with Joe, Amy and Aidan). It was so great to see the look of surprise on his face! Pam and Patty (my mom's cousins) came in later that day from Memphis, TN and Arkansas, and Jeff, Vicki and the entire Schlender clan came up the next day from Georgia!

We had Thanksgiving dinner up at Frankenmuth, a German themed town with tons of shops, hotels, and restaurants. We had a reservation for 27 at the Bavarian Inn!

Below: Pam, Whitney, Mom, Bev, Nancy, Elizabeth, Karen, Heidi, Vicki, Emily (myself), Rebekah, Patty, Amy and Gram.

Below: Whitney, Heidi, myself, Rebekah, and Elizabeth.

Front row: Mom, Nancy, Elizabeth, Derek, David.

Second row: Heidi, Amy holding Aidan, Gram, Gimmy.

Standing in the back: Suzie, Josh, Ryan, Rebekah, Joe, Karen, Vicki, Jeff, Patty, Pam, Dad, Emily (myself) holding John Thomas, Justin, Whitney, Erich and Will.

We got to meet Suzie and go to one of Josh's hockey games! We had a great time and can't wait to go back for Christmas!