Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Thanksgiving 2013

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and here are 3 of our blessings.  
 The kids watched the parade while we finished cooking.  
 Daddy did a great job on the turkey.
 Grandmother & Granddaddy had to sit at the kiddie table.


 Granny DeMore & Grandmother were going to have a wheelchair race after lunch.  

 The kids made footprint turkeys


 Having fun with cousin Victoria
 After everyone left we looked through our Black Friday sale papers.  
The kids ate dinner with Naw and spent the night with her and the cousins.  We braved the crazy crowds for some all night shopping.  I got to Walmart at 5:15pm and we got home on Friday at 12:15pm.  It was a fun night of shopping and hanging out together.  

Monday, November 25, 2013

Our 1st sighting this season

When we went to Cherokee in October we took the kids to Santa's Land one day.   I remember going to Santa's Land to clog when I was around 10 or 11 years old and I don't think it has changed one bit.
 We thought this Elf on the Shelf character was part of the park, but he wasn't.  I think it was a little creepy.  
 Frosty was there too


 Of course Santa was there and we had to say hello.  
 They told him what they wanted for Christmas.  We will see if they change their mind the next time they see Santa.
Charlotte asked for a baby stroller
Ellie asked for some Disney dolls
Evan asked for Disney racing cars.  Evan even "Donald" Santa!
 Poor Evan had been stung by a yellow jacket so his eye was swollen.
We rode the train to the rides.
 They rode the Rudicoaster with the creepy Elf on the Shelf.  I'm glad his head didn't fly off.  
 The girls only rode it once and Evan rode it 4 times.  
 They enjoyed all the rides

 



Here I am with my Aunt Janice many years ago on this same ride

 Daddy & Ellie were the only 2 to ride the Ferris wheel



 After the rides we watched the little magic show.  Ellie of course volunteered!
 We looked at the animals
 Saw Baby Jesus
 Had pictures made with the Easter Bunny
 and this kangaroo.


 I remembered this kangaroo from my trip when I was younger and had to try to recreate the picture.  I was too big to crawl in his pouch, so this will have to do.  
And here is my flashback picture.  I think they need to do some paint touch-ups
Nice jeans Jennifer
We ended up buying elf hats or as the kids call them "Orfs".



It was a fun little trip!

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

This was our 5th year going to Burt Pumpkin Farm.  We didn't get to go until the day before Halloween, so there wasn't as many pumpkins as usual.   












This year the kids painted pumpkins while daddy carved his pumpkin for our church contest.  
 Here are their very colorful pumpkins


This was Matthew's 1st place pumpkin