November 2013

Ah, November.  When leaves finally starting changing colors around here and I could hear my mother in my head saying, "LOOK at all the beautiful - fall - colors."  Surprisingly, I gave myself enough time one crisp Sunday morning to take the kids for a wagon ride and get a few pictures while the trees were beautiful.

Annalee was delighted that we had a "goggy" visit us! :)

Then after church, we walked with Daddy to take some pictures by the "lake".

We put them under another tree and I immediately got fire ant stings...again.  Thankfully, again, only I stepped in the mound but Connor was about 3 inches away so we whisked them into the grass.  Then I laid down and tried to capture their preciousness while my foot and ankle swelled up...

...it was bright and sunny... ;)

looooooooooove

I had my Thanksgiving table set even though we went to NY.  We enjoyed lots of different types of squash from the farmer's market...enjoyed them as decoration, too!

We had a last minute visit from Dan, Alicia, Laura, and Pat after they went to a Knicks/Bobcats game.  It was pretty chilly while they visited, but we got outside for a bit.

Annalee and her long Uncle Dan played house.

Laura and Pat thought they would head back up to school, but I convinced them to stay and play a game...and then our game of Mexican Train lasted til Dan and Alicia had to be rushed to the airport for their flight.  Whoops!  It was so fun, though! :)

Don't be sad, Shmores... ;)

The kids got up from nap just in time to say goodbye - come visit again, guys!  We miss you!

Later that week, our wonderful VA friend Sara and baby Caleb came to visit!  Jonathan came home for lunch and flew Caleb around...yeah, they were quick buds.

Wish we lived closer, friends!

Since we were going to be traveling for Thanksgiving AND Christmas, we tried to start getting some Christmas things out before we left.  Thus the start of the "HO HO HO-ing" children. :)

We got to have one more visit with Matthew and Kelly as they made their move to Georgia.  We also celebrated Reagan's birthday, because we wouldn't see him over Thanksgiving.  Big 2 year old!

We got a little Thanksgiving crafty with turkey hands...

...and Daddy brought us our first peppermint chocolate chip (Chick Fil A) milkshake of the season!  Annalee agreed with mommy wholeheartedly that they are the bomb!

The night we flew out for Thanksgiving was the Hemby Bridge Christmas Festival and Tree Lighting.  Our children's choir from church was singing, and we got to see a lot of fun people, including Santa!

It was very chilly again!

Children's choir did a wonderful job!

Connor was happy to see Santa this year and told him that he wanted a blue lollipop.  He never wavered on that wish, all through November and December!  So sweet.  Annalee was not thrilled but not screaming, so we went for it! :)

"Who is this guy?!" ;)