November 2020 Family Pictures Part 3
A picture of our family at Thanksgiving dinner. I’m just like my Grandma…had to pause eating to take a picture. 😉🤣 (of course I wasn’t in it!)
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November Family Pictures Part 2
Playing Catan together on Sunday. ❤ A few more pictures from our costume party:
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