The Last Few

Here are the last few photos of our amazing Thanksgiving holiday. Can't wait to do it again!

The Dragon Park

It has become a holiday tradition to make the trip to a local park that we call "The Dragon Park" (partly because of the big half-buried dragon, partly because the real name keeps changing). This year we went on Black Friday, after all the food donation fun.

Black Friday

This year, instead of exchanging gifts, we decided it would be nice to have the kids learn about giving. To that end, Grandma Fredi sat all ten of them down and explained the concept of hunger and how food banks helped those in need. We divided the kids into two teams, gave them lists of needed items from the local food bank, gave them a budget and set them loose inside Harris Teeter - a local grocery chain. Here are some pics of the fun:

Family Photo - 2009

Omens, Signs And Portents

When I saw these photos, I got this "oooky" feeling, my stomach filled up with whim-whams - I had this massive preview of what it will be like when Miranda drives off with some boy on her first date. Chilling. At least I knew that in this case, Jessie is and excellent driver and no drinking was involved.

The Boy And I

Thanksgiving in Carolina - 2009

These are just photos - I'll try to get around to captioning them as soon as possible.