Thanksgiving 2011 - part 2

Stop #2 for Thanksgiving dinner was JohnDaddy & DeeDee's house.  Knowing there would 10 kids under the age of 8, they planned lots of fun activities like this hayride/hike through the woods.  The adults loved it just as much as the kids!

JD with his 4 and Nate ready to go.

Silas thinks something is so funny!

Uncle Cliff...we love you so much, he always dresses for the occassion.

Even Brent enjoyed the hayride

How did you pull it all together DeeDee...cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for a huge crowd and planning such fun activities?

JD & Baby Ty, he wasn't feeling so great this day but he still had lots of fun.

Thanksgiving 2011 - part 1



Silas and Merritt came over for a playdate on Sunday.  Here they are sledding down the hill in our yard. 



It did turn over a few times, but no serious head injuries.

Nate & Henry were so excited that Merritt liked them (she didn't take to me very much, maybe next visit)

Monday was Luke's Thanksgiving program at preschool.  He was thrilled that Silas came to watch, I even got Nate & Henry out of school early to attend also. 

Henry's 1st grade class did a fantastic job on Tuesday with their Thanksgiving presentation.  The kids did a skit and then we made turkeys out of hotdogs & canned biscuits!

Aren't these turkey girls adorable!

Wednesday afternoon our friends arrived from south Florida.  Here is Henry, Nate, Tara & Trace on the tree swing at the riverhouse, our 1st stop for Thanksgiving dinner. 

Check out Henry's plate...green peas & ham, where's your turkey Henry!!

Some of the kids eating beside the river.  Aunt Phyl loves on everyone, here she is taking care of Trace. 

Henry earns his yellow belt

Let the Thanksgiving holiday begin!

Thanksgiving holiday kicked off Thursday for as when Mark Denise, Silas & Merritt came to SC. Luke & I stopped by to visit while the big boys were at school.  Look at sweet Merritt.  I can't wait until she knows who I am. 

Luke & Silas got right to the business of playing together.  They ran all around Silas' Nana's house like big kids - shooting basketball, riding tractors and sharing like cousins do. 

Could that be Denise hiding behind these sweet kids?

Friday night we had dinner at Brioso in Clemson. 

Gelato comes with all kids meals!

Saturday morning Henry earned his yellow belt.  He has been working for this since August & was so proud of his accomplishment. 

Toran & Sarah and the group of kids who earned belts or stripes on Saturday. 
We love Kuk Sool Won!

Shopping Links

I'm so excited about my new shopping links! Be sure to check them out.  They're just to your left.

Making cookies

Monday I was lucky enough to get to go to Nate's class to make cookies.  They're studying South Carolina history so we made no bake cookies from ingredients the Gullah people brought from Africa.  I love this entire group of third graders (not just this class, the other 2 also). They are such a close bunch.  About 60 kids, all of them friends, no cliques, still so very innocent.  Their teacher is out having surgery so we took this class picture to give to her.



Here is Nate's table rolling their cookies in powdered sugar.  We put the cookies in the refrigerator and they ate them after lunch. 



I had a great time, unfortunately I had to leave a little early to pick Luke up from preschool....

Speaking of making cookies, this is what Luke & I did while the big boys were at Camp Old Indian Friday night.  He had so much fun cutting & decorating these gingerbread cookies.  But, he didn't care to eat them.  Guess gingerbread is an acquired taste. 

Luke has a friend over

Monday was an exciting day for Luke....not only did a firetruck visit preschool but his "best friend' (so he says) Kami Roach came over to play.

They were so cute together.  Both just giggling about being together. 

Kami requested Mac n cheese & pizza for lunch.  Neither of them ate a bite.

So much playing to do.  After checking out Luke's toys they headed outside to swing & play on the playground.

Then some scooter fun & bikes. 

Kami, you're too cute in that helmet!

No, it isn't spiderman, it's Henry.  And would you believe he does this before 6 am in the mornings. 

Camp old Indian

Dads beard

November is "man month" so Bryan is growing a beard. Very cute! Even with all that gray.

Calhoun family practice

Enjoying our first visit to dr Calhoun!

Old Town Pizza Buffet Grand Opening!

Luke & I attended the pizza place Grand Opening!

Luke was so excited to help cut the ribbon.

Luke is John Daddy's buddy! And he loves to eat pizza here.

Fun with DeeDee

Nate is so proud of this train track.  He and Henry had the best time building it during a quick visit to Dee Dee & John Daddy's house on Saturday.

Luke worked with this dump truck while the boys worked on the track.

Here is Henry taking a picture of the tree from outside.

Sunday morning fun.

Luke LOVED Leah's baby shower.  Table decorations included bowls of M&M's!

Doesn't Leah look great! Baby Kyle will be here in December! Can't wait to meet him.

3rd grade

Would you be smiling if you'd done homework from the moment you walked in the door until 7:30?this boy had a 15minute break for a shower and that's it. I love 3rd grade grrrrrr.....

iPod post

I'm experimenting with nates iPod touch. Didn't know it could post to the blog. We put our Christmas tree up November 1. The boys are so excited. I finished the lights and garland so they can hang ornaments this evening. Almost all my lights were burned out so I got some new led lights.