Thanksgiving 2004
For the Thanksgiving holiday this year, Julie, Kate, and I went to Cincinnati, OH to celebrate with the Robertson clan, and Veral and Lois Klein were there as well.  It was a wonderful time! We drove all day on Tuesday Nov. 23rd (10 hrs... Kate did remarkably well). On Wednesday, Julie, Lois, and Cindy went shopping for maternity clothes, while the boys went running around. Thursday we had plenty of pictures, and Thomas and Janet Lindner came over to enjoy the holiday with us.  Friday was relaxing, and Saturday we drove home. It was a great time.  We learned that Melanie is a Rook player extraordinare! I finally got a picture of the mean gamers up.  It's on the bottom row.

Kate was very cute on the drive.  Like I said, 10 hours... she did remarkably well.
The Maxfield kitchen.  It was so much fun to be with family...
Mom cooked up a storm. We all gained weight.
Great Grandpa had a great time reading to Kate, and she warmed up to him pretty quickly!
Kate was very concerned with Great Grandma getting her shoes on.
On Thursday, more pictures were taken than any of us knew could be.  Kate did very well, as did the rest of us!
Another shot of the 4 generations!
What a cute family!  I should have shaved...
Ryan's toe, wide shot.
Ryan's toe, Close up.
Kate and Simone hit it off.  Yes, Kate, that's your cousin!
Grandma and Grandpa loved their grandbabies!  Blaine isn't a baby, but... The house was full.
All of us.  Funny story, I got 3 pictures, each of which had a flaw, so I Photoshopped (a new verb) Julie's eyes open.
Mom had very definite ideas as to the pictures she wanted taken.
It was very fun, with lots of laughing.
It took lots of entertaining to get the babies to smile.  That was just as funny for the adults!
Thomas Lindner and I watching Simone color.  It was great getting to know Thomas and Janet.
Here was the killer Rook game.  This was early when Grandpa was there.  When he moved to dominos, big Steve took his place.  It was a madhouse...
Blaine and Simone were very happy to color the 'pre-dinner' time away.