Thanksgiving 2013

We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year.  After all the surgeries of the last few months, we have a lot to be thankful for!  Here are scenes from the day!

Byrd carved the turkey

 the kids played

 Joshua and Cooper

 Reagan and Keira

 the ladies preparing the meal

 Mamaw

 the kids are ready to eat!

 my about-to-be-6-year-old

 silly Joshua

 Keira

 Reagan

 finally...food

 after dinner and dessert, the kids did a little artwork for us

A Little Bit

We woke up to a little bit of snow this morning...barely enough to cover the ground.  Thankfully, it was much less than the 2-4 inches predicted.  School was already out for the start of Thanksgiving holiday, so no worries there.  But, Greg & I had to go to work and the kids went to day camp.  The roads didn't have any snow on them, so off we went!  The temperature was at freezing all day, so this little bit stayed around until lunch!

Maybe next time we'll get enough to play in!

Field Trip - Wonder Works

Reagan's 3rd grade class went on their first field trip of the year.  They went to Wonder Works in Pigeon Forge.  I believe they all had a great time~it's like a mega discovery museum.

ready to play

 we rode in a helium balloon (tethered)

 Mrs. G's 3rd grade class

 ready to go up in the air

high in the sky

 Reagan and Mom

 our view from above

 once inside, we played lots and lots of games

 we weathered a hurricane

 we put on harnesses and trekked high above everyone

 Reagan got to play a "BIG" piano

 we played mind games

 and we played in huge bubbles

After a few hours of play, they had lunch and then went back to school.  A nice way to start Thanksgiving break!

Yard Work

After breakfast at IHOP, running errands and lunch at Old McDonald's, the kids agreed to do a little yard work before watching a movie for the evening.

Reagan's job was to put the leaves in the bag

 Cooper's job was to rake the leaves

 not looking too happy

 teamwork!

 Cooper took a little time out to play

 dad came out and helped too

 mom helped too, but also took time to take a few pictures 

Cooper said that "daddy was a big strong man", He was a "strong little man", Mom was "a good helper woman" and Reagan was a "good helper girl".