Saturday, November 30, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

This Thanksgiving by brother and I had a new idea.  Neither one of us wanted to drive the 7.5 hours to each others houses.  We decided to rent a house right in the middle and cut the drive in half.  We found a cute place in the middle of nowhere Arrington, Virginia.  There was pretty much nothing around us but fields and woods.  It was nice to unplug and hang out.  We are going to do it again next year!


We played a lot of corn hole



Our cute little place


No TV, no wifi


Uncle Will brought a ton of fireworks.


The kids were psyched


So was Josh


Leia getting in on the action



We played a lot of board games


The closest thing to us was the Appomattox Court House where the Civil War ended.


The whole gang.  Mimi stayed home and read







We celebrated Papaws birthday too





Mimi desperately trying to get a hug or snuggle from Myles


The effort was in vain



Myles ate cranberry sauce for Turkey Day.....that's it....seriously




We spent a lot of time by the fire pit


Cooking!!


The bird


Happy Turkey Day



Mimi learned how to play corn hole



It was an easy, relaxing trip


Sunday, November 10, 2019

Happy 7th Birthday, Em

How is my baby 7? Sometimes it seems like 7 years have flown by, other times the days move so slowly.  Such is life with this unique, feisty, courageous girl.  She's not easy, she's not mellow but she's just perfect.  Happy Birthday, Emma.  We love you more than we can say.  You complete this family in ways we could have never known.


Birthday morning.


Can you tell how excited she was about this gift from Gramma and Grandpa?



Birthday Breakfast


New mermaid tail blanket


She never slows down.  







Her one request was to go bowling with the family.



She had a hard time following direction.....go figure 




She threw the ball the wrong way more than one time



Cheering on Myles


Game over



That same weekend, Em passed her swim test at the YMCA.  She can now swim without an adult in the pool


treading water


I just had to add one of my spirit animal



Myles made Emma's cake this year.  She asked for fairies.




We had a party at Asheville Pizza





Alice, Em and Teagan


Molly gave her an ostrich 


She wasn't sure about it


Alice


Kirby gave her an awesome gift


The girls


Em and Molly



Emma favorite person in the world, Sheri, came for the festivities.




Lucian and Sebastian


Happy Birthday


Uncle Nick and Fam sent her a gift certificate to Build a Bear.