Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!  Some of my most favorite days of the year happen over Thanksgiving break!  I think the kids love it as much as I do!!

Wednesday we drove up, and decided to take I-40 again like we did last year.  It was a little longer, but we didn't run into much traffic at all!  I think the total drive time was about 5 hours or so!  We stopped, like last year, at our chicken and waffles restaurant before FINALLY getting to the hotel where the Garretts, Robin, Gigi and Grandpa were!  Oh happy day!!

Thanksgiving Day!!!

The hotel is ONE of the highlights of the trip!  Going up and down and up and down and up and down the elevators and then roaming all the hallways on the different floors for hours!  A child's dream - and the adults could have a conversation;)  Win-win!

C, Jack, Bo, S

Don't let them fool you - they are all nuts!

We had lunch at Chaney's where the boys played outside most of the day and the girls, well, they were so quiet I'm not exactly sure what they did all day!  But, it was fun for everyone and so so so nice to be with family!!!

The whole crew!  Missing the Eglintons, Walker and Warren:(

C and Bo were good little buddies the whole time! I wished we lived closer!

These beautiful girls, no matter the age difference, are always the sweetest!
Lucy, Kate, Mary Mac, S

Crafting!!  S, Mary Mac, Kate, Miles, Jack and Lucy

C, Bo and Fielder spent quite a lot of time going down the
steep(ahh!!) driveway on these things!

We are family!

Such an awesome outtake!

Friday, M and C got up as usual and went to Bass Pro across the street for Black Friday deals and scored fleece coats and a few other goodies!  We packed up and loaded the car and then met up with everyone over at the fish camp!  There was lots of warming ourselves by the fire(because it was COLD!), boat riding, football playing, watercolors(compliments of Jennifer), game playing and s'mores!  Good times, as ALWAYS, were had by all!!  At about 4pm, those of us driving home out-of-state said our goodbyes(the kids with tears in their eyes!) and got on our way!  We made it home almost before the rain started;)  Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite times of the year!!  We look forward to it each year and are sad when it is over - but there is truly no place like home!

Bo and C staying warm

Watercolor group

Dylan and C still standing... M, not so much... LOL!

C, M and Bo - it was a cold ride with lots of motor issues that had me in
stitches!

S'mores!!

Mary Mac and S inside by the fire after a long, cold
boat ride!