Thanksgiving 2014

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray continually, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Our Thanksgiving break was fantastic.  B got off a little early on Tuesday so we drove to MS Tuesday night.  I think we arrived at 1:00 am and transitioned the kids over quite easily.  Wednesday morning we had breakfast and just played around the house while my mom went to pick up Uncle Bubba from AL.  He had off from work, so it was great to spend some time with him.  Our first agenda item was to visit the Hubbles over near Timberton.  Mr. and Mrs. Hubble had recently moved to MS from IL and they were living not far from Sue and Dr. B.  I'm not sure if they remembered us, but old people always like to see little kids.  We visited with them for a while and Uncle B and AC came too.  The kids colored pictures for Mr. & Mrs. Hubble and I think that made their day. 

After that visit, we had lunch at Raisin' Canes (my fav).  My mom had some sort of coupon thing so our food was cheap and good!  Our big plans for Wednesday was to see Big Hero 6.  AC babysat E since she doesn't do well with movies right now, but it was her nap time anyways.  The movie was great and I think it's one we will want to own some day.  The kids loved it too and R even cried a bit.  I looked over once or twice and saw Uncle B snoozing.  Spaghetti was our dinner that night followed by Charlotte's Web.  I had been reading the book to the boys everyday and since we finished, we wanted to watch the movie together.  I had forgotten how good a story it is about friendship. 

the kid table

R set the tables

 Thanksgiving morning we watched the parade and cooked food.  After eating we watched football, napped, took a family walk, watched more football and ate again.  Pretty much the best Thanksgiving holiday ever!  We got to skype with the Gillams, our normal Thanksgiving buddies, and it made my heart happy to see them.  I think we've celebrated Thanksgiving with their family since Lexi and Abe were born....so 5 years.  Great friends and we love them.
Cherry headed South Friday morning to take Uncle B back to Alabama.  We wanted to see where he worked and he wanted to show the kids off to his co-workers.

 He's a manager of a restaurant in a family entertainment complex.  There's bowling, laser tag, an arcade, and the restaurant.  We enjoyed ourselves and the kids' favorite part was the laser tag.  The whole 3 hours was fun and it made me miss my brother a lot. 

The kids napped in the car while we drove to Pass Christian to Nana and Tata's house.  We got there just before 4:00 pm and the plans were to pick up GLupe and go out to dinner.  GLupe wanted Cracker Barrel and what GLupe wants, GLupe gets.  Our meal was very yummy, but we were very cold.  I was surprised how cook it was in MS and we sat near the entry way.  After dinner and baths, we watched Frosty on TV before putting the kids (and ourselves) to bed.
We spend Saturday just hanging out together.  My dad needed a few things from Walmart so we went with him and saw Auntie Linda while we were there.  We picked up GLupe for lunch at a seafood place and then spent the afternoon at a playground close to their house.  The weather was a bit warmer on Saturday, and the kids enjoyed being outside for a while. We ate an oven pizza for dinner and banana pudding from Auntie Linda for dessert.  Off to bed for everyone, but not a lot of sleep for some of us :(
E had developed a cough and around 11:00, we heard her coughing so B went in to make sure she was okay.  She started to gag so we took her to the bathroom and sure enough, she puked twice.  Ugh!  We didn't know if it was a stomach bug or just mucus and drainage in her throat.  So we moved her pack-n-play closer to our room so we could keep an eye on her.  She wouldn't lay down without crying so I ended up holding her until she fell asleep.  She slept fine until around 3:00 and then she coughed again, but not vomit this time.  This episode changed our plans for Sunday.  Originally we planned to go church before hitting the road, but with E's sickness, we knew it would be better to just drive.  We left their house at 8:30 and got home at 3:40.  Uncle Ren had been house/dog sitting for us and he was still there, so we ate dinner with him and watched football.  I think everyone was tired that night, but we were thankful for MANY things from this Thanksgiving holiday, but probably most thankful that E didn't puke again in the car.