Thanksgiving Tour 2018

We headed to Georgia for Thanksgiving again this year. Some photos from our travels.....

On our way into town we stopped by Lee's old police dept. We got a tour of a few of the new things and talked to people we haven't seen in 10 years. It was fun to stop by. Afterwards we went by J.J. and Christine Cole's house to hang out with them for a bit. Amy (of course) caught a lizard in their backyard. Their kids Gabby and Tyler are growing so much!

We spend Thanksgiving at Uncle Bobby and Cici's house. She always makes the best food. Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday and we are always glad she loves to host! This was the first Thanksgiving in their new home in Bowdon.

From there we went to MeMe and Papa's house. They had just returned from Hawaii. They played host really well considering they were jet lagged! Cici sent us to their house with leftovers which was perfect. We ate off them for the next two days!

Mimi taught Amy a few watercolor tips and Amy spent a lot of the time practicing.

Tyler helped Papa pickup the leaves.

Lee and I are part of a Holiday Streak where you have to walk/run at least 1 mile every day. We set out to do it...

Only to be attacked by winds and rain. It was chilly! But we persevered!

Aunt Ashley sent Mom and Dad home with clothes for the kids. The boys were loving their new stuff.

While one our walk, the kids climbed into the attic with Papa to put some stuff away.

It was a short and busy weekend but a fun one. At a rest area Will and Amy found the leaves. :) 

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

A Fieldtrip, Kitchen Drawers and Tyler Still Hates Laundry

I got to go on a field trip with Tyler. It was to a place called Lucky Ladd which is a fun pumpkin patch kind of place. I've been there with every kid so this may have been the last time! 

 

This is Isabel. Tyler has had a huge crush on her all year. She told me, "Tyler loves me." Of course Tyler said, "Not anymore. We are just friends!" 

A tornado came through our area a few weeks ago. It hit a few miles away from us which had all of us a little nervous. Several homes were completely destroyed and one home was completely flipped upside down. Luckily we didn't have any damage. The next morning we found this piece of plywood sticking out of the ground in our backyard. It's not ours and we still have no idea where it came from. It's quite stuck in there. It just shows the damage the wind can do! Of course, while it seems to the rest of the U.S. that we have a lot of tornadoes, we really don't. This was the only one we've seen in the 7 years we've lived here.

Will wants me to send this photo into the lego magazine. I guess I'd better get on that!

I get to work with some cute girls at church twice a month. They made thankful turkeys and I *may* have suggested they add me to theirs. haha.

Tyler created whatever this is. I think he finally decided it was ghost. He had fun creating whatever it is!

I've been making and installing drawers for our kitchen cabinets. I LOVE THEM. They have made life soooo much easier!!

I helped in Tylers class one day and then went to lunch with him. He had refused to pack his own home lunch so he had to eat school lunch, but was mad about having to eat pizza. (Our kids are crazy weird. Who doesn't want pizza?? Plus, the schools pizza is actually pretty good.) 

While there I remembered it was Aunt Lynn and Uncle Steve's 50th wedding anniversary so I thought we'd send a quick picture. He was grumpy as he tried to make a 5-0 with his hands.

 When he realized who we were sending it to, he said, "I want to take it again!" and this time he smiled. :)  Happy 50th Aunt Lynn and Uncle Steve!!

Will got a face-ful of smoothie one morning.

Remember how I told you Tyler hates to fold laundry? Well, this time he crawled under the chair and whined about it for about 2 hours. This kid will do anything you ask of him, any chore you can imagine... except laundry. It's crazy!

Tyler is a Cute Weirdo

Maybe it's that he's the last born? Or maybe it's his inner showman- he always wants to put on a act. But regardless, Tyler gives a lot of laughs around here!

We often call him the Hulk because he can change from being sweet Tyler to angry Tyler in a moment. One day he covered himself in green soap, thus actually being the Hulk.

He was refusing to get his jammies on one evening so he proceeded to cry and wail while sitting naked on his bedroom floor. (No idea why he wouldn't just get dressed.) It had gotten cold that evening and he was just making himself miserable. Eventually he crawled into the red basket (which is the boys laundry hamper. It's from Ikea and I cannot say enough about how well this thing is made. We've had it for years and all the kids have been in it, been swung from it, crawled it in, you name it, this basket has experienced it. And it doesn't even a ripped seam. This thing is amazingly made.)  Anyway, Lee got tired of his wailing so he carried him to the living room. I can't remember what happened next. I guess he got dressed at some point.

And then there's the moments when I make the kids fold their laundry. Tyler HATES folding laundry. He'd rather do any chore other than this one. Instead of folding his clothes, he decided to wear them all.

(Amy's laugh cracks me up!) 

Actually, reexamining these photos I realize it was the same night. He was sprawled out on the floor wailing because he didn't want to come fold the laundry. That's what happened.

Oh this Tyler! He's such a cute boy though and has such a big heart. He listens to rules and usually follows them. He loves his teacher and hugs her about 100 times a day. He's a fighter though. He will not let anyone interrupt him or walk all over him, that's for sure.

Last Sunday Will was having a hard time with a kid in his church class. The teacher had called and said Will was sitting under a table and crying about it. Well, at the same time Tyler got in a fight with someone in his class. We said Tyler, you can't kick people! He shrugged and said, "Well, he called me a poopy head, so I kicked him."

And then there's my favorite story of the boys playing in the garage. Will started crying and I asked him what's wrong. He said, "Tyler hit me!" Not seeing any weapons around I said, "Tyler, what did you hit him with?" Tyler held up his fist and said, "My FIST!"  hahahaha.

Oh man, it's amazing how different boys can be! They make you laugh and give you gray hairs all at the same time.