Happy Thanksgiving a few days late!

Our Pilgram snacks at school

We have been out of town since Friday a week ago and had a wonderful time visiting family and friends in North Carolina. Savannah had a Pilgram snack at school Friday before we left town, so we joined her for that. Our trip up to NC was uneventful, we made great time and the kids did really well in the car, as did Buddy.
Both kids suck their thumbs

We spent the first weekend in Charlotte and spent some time at the Urgent Care with Vincey. He had bronchitis the week before but was never able to shake the cough. We took him to Urgent Care on Saturday afternoon and we were told that he had Fifths Disease...of course, it sounds a lot worse than it is. Just a simple virus with no treatment, has to run its course. On Sunday morning we took him to see a friend of ours who is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and she said that she thought it was just a cold and maybe some allergy issues. We now realize that Benedryl will make the kids sleep really well.

Savannah and Molly (the daughter of Laura Ann's friend, Bryan Carney) playing dress-up

The kids spent the week with Nana and Grandaddy in Denver, NC while Jeff and I went ahead to Boone to relax. The kids and Nana and Grandaddy re-joined us on Thanksgiving Day in Boone for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

Friday morning we went to Hawksnest for snow tubing. G-Mama and Vince hung out in the lodge while Savannah, Jeff, and I all went for tubing runs. It was lots of fun, and Savannah did a great job tubing by herself. Uncle Gary and Aunt Lin joined us in Boone on Friday and we enjoyed spending time with them. Savannah won more games of UNO than anyone else!

It's hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. We hope to have the decorations out by mid-week. Have a wonderful December and check back later in the week for more pictures and updates.

The earphones were hurting Savannah's ears, so she put her super soft blanket under the headphones. The trip back took over 9 hours!