Holidays – Page 55

Highlands for Thanksgiving

December 4, 2017

Like the previous two years, we traveled up to Highlands, NC with Robert’s side of the family for Thanksgiving. This year we had Mary Beth, Holland, and Margaret join in addition to Lulu and Granddaddy and it was a great trip! It was also a silent drive up! 🙂

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Once we got there, Samantha quickly found some seasonally appropriate toys and made herself at home! ha!

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We took full advantage all weekend of the beautiful weather! The kids are a little older now so we challenged them with some new hikes and they did great! On Thanksgiving morning, we all hiked up Whiteside Mountain. Samantha walked herself the whole way!

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We went up the easier side of the mountain which was the smart decision. We even saw one of my college friends, Amanda, and her family on the mountain! Small world!

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Maxwell kept finding every opportunity to go “off trail”!

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The views were worth the hike once we got to the top!

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I mean…how beautiful! The scenery and my babies! 🙂

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I think this is what you call a “framer”!!

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We went down the more difficult trail side of the mountain and it was pretty fun to go down – and would not have been as much fun to go up! We definitely earned our pie and had a great Thanksgiving meal that afternoon! After we ate, we were outside again to throw the ball and work off that pie!

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Check out this awesome catch!

Don’t worry, there was plenty of laying around too!

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A great start to a fun trip!

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It’s beginning…

November 27, 2017

To look a lot like Christmas!!

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Samantha is ready and so am I! Ho Ho Ho!

Happy Thanksgiving

November 23, 2017

God the Father, God the Father,

We thank you, We thank you,

For our MANY blessings, For our MANY blessings.

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Amen, Amen.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Thankgiving fun

November 22, 2017

Last week I got to go up to school and have a Thanksgiving lunch feast with Maxwell! I love seeing him with his friends…

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and there’s nothing better than some turkey and dressing out of a styrofoam container! Actually, there are lots of things better but I ate it anyway! 🙂 Maxwell clearly also thought there were lots of things better than taking a picture with ole momma!!

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So thankful for that kid. Looks like he’s thankful for me too! 🙂

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Spencer got to dress up like an Indian and have a Thanksgiving Feast at school too – complete with chicken nuggets! 🙂 Meet Chief Red Lion….

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Maxwell was Chief Orange Coywolf back in his day!

Spencer also brought home some awesome Thanksgiving art projects!

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Samantha made some pretty awesome hand turkeys too!

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Gobble Gobble!

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Halloween 2017

November 2, 2017

Another Halloween done right! We had awesome costumes, a fun street party, face painting, and lots and LOTS of candy! We decided to skip the parade this year and, considering Samantha didn’t wake up from her nap until 4:00, it was the right decision. Ariel, Jalen Hurts, and Black Panther were ready for a fun night!

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I convinced Samantha to wear the wig just for a few pictures but we switched to a more manageable purple bow before leaving! She sure looked cute with all that hair though!

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Maxwell looked pretty authentic in his jersey, pads, and helmet!

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Spencer was the fiercest Black Panther I’ve ever seen!

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We met up with our neighbors to walk to the street party which made it more fun for everyone…

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The party was fun as always – there was a DJ, the train, popcorn, and a big bouncy slide (with too many big kids on it for the littles to be able to enjoy). But the kids saw plenty of friends and had a great time…

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They did have a face painter this year which was new! Maxwell passed – he already had his cool eye black…

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but Spencer and Samantha did it! Spence got a skull face…

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I thought it looked super cool with his costume!

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Samantha got a purple mermaid face! She was killing me squinting her little face while sitting so still in the chair! 🙂

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She was also killing me when she kept rubbing her eyes and getting purple and black all over her hands! ha!

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After plenty of fun and a little bit of pizza for two of the kids (Maxwell was too busy throwing the football!) we hit the roads to Trick or Treat! Maxwell was really wanting to run off and go with his buddies but we convinced him to stay with us this year. This might be the last year I can get all 3 to go to the houses together. They got way more candy than they needed and loved every bit of it!

On the way home, we stopped by the party one more time to grab another pizza to go and see it all lit up!

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Once home, the candy investigation began! Nothing better for a kid! (also, Maxwell never did eat any pizza so you’re looking at his dinner there! oops!)

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