We spent another wonderful Thanksgiving with the family in Franklin. We drove down in a mushy snow mess, but that cleared up along the way and we ended up with sunshine and warm temps for our visit.
I don't know why, but I find this hysterical :)
Lex and Grandpa Tom and on Thanksgiving Day walk. Beautiful weather!
I tried all week to get a picture of this crazy tooth. Lex didn't want to show it so I had to take sly pictures.
Eve and I made a "thankful book" and had everyone write what they are thankful for. Eve is thankful for our neighbor's dog. :)
Lex reading at quiet time. He's such a pretty boy!
We took the ball down to the playground to shoot some hoops.
Lex got a little help at the hoop. We all need a little work on our basketball skills!
Eve wasn't much into basketball but she had a great time at the playground and bouncing on the picnic table, with Grandpa Tom safely by her side.
How do you know when it's time to leave the playground? Your child laying in the middle of the parking lot is a good clue.
We got to Skype with Joyce! Technology is awesome. We miss you Joyce!!! Wish you had been at the table with us instead, but this was the next best thing.
Eve wrote place cards for everyone.
Thanksgiving dinner!
Rosy and Eve
Fun on the broken down lawn tractor. Kids can find fun in everything!
Eve, taking her dogs for a walk. :)
We spent a crazy long time throwing rocks and twigs and flowers into this culvert and watching them come out the other end. We were there so long the dogs got bored and went home without us.
Funny how things spark memories. While the kids were entertaining themselves with the culvert I started thinking about this barn and how the old owners used to light up this star every December. You could see it from miles around. I told the kids. They didn't seem impressed. I wonder if the new owners turn it on (probably not) and if you could even see it now with the amount of trees and growth in front of it (probably not).
Pretty barn.
Reading our "thankful book" with Mema.
Saturday morning the tooth finally fell out! Now he is a smiley boy! :)
I have a million things to do now. Lex had a classmate over this afternoon who did a great job of playing with my kids and keeping them entertained. He’s leaving in a few minutes so I’m back on duty :) I’m contemplating cooking dinner, for a change, but it probably won’t happen. I also want to a take advantage of a few online super sales this weekend, but that probably won’t happen either. Sigh. So much to do! :) Life is good.
excellent post- as always i miss yall mucho!!!
I however did not find the infamous rose picture- I hope she didnt forget to pose this year.
lots of love!
it just came to me…..we’ll call it “the rose pose”
love it!
I love the basketball/playground pic of Lex, dribbling…you’re an awesome photographer , Tessa. I put that shot up as my background at school, and lots of people have commented on it….love it!