Give Thanks

In the beginning of Thanksgiving the kids helped me make this thankful wreath. I'm not sure if Colin got any leaves but Joel and Norah filled them out.  Norah for one wrote BUTTS.  I asked her why she wrote Butts and that potty humor wasn't going on this wreath. She said "I'm thankful for butts because if we didn't have them we would poop out of our mouths" Butts went on the list.  

But Joel added farts for the same reason.....so we stopped adding leaves and left it as it was. 

Basketball

Thanksgiving weekend ended with a basketball game for Colin, Brent, Grandpa and Uncle Jeff.  

Football

 The day after Thanksgiving we all went to the UVA football game.  We kept procrastinating on getting our tickets and then after the historic loss to ODU I went online and tickets were super cheap so this time waiting worked in our favor!

 You never know with this game who is going to win. We've won the past 14 years but it makes me nervous when people get too big in the head about how we always win. Thankfully we won this year in overtime! So the streak continues

 

 Its been years since we've had Mary with us for a game!

 

 We think Mary and Robbie should always come! they are good luck for our team and fun to sit with!

 The last few minutes Norah had to go to the bathroom so I took her and when we got back to our seats we had less than 3 minutes left.  There was an interception on 2nd down so Jeff said that's the game - uva was winning so he said lets go and walk slowly out.  The kids were freezing so we followed. Then as we were walking out we saw fireworks go off which meant we scored.  So we turned around and walked back in (well ran back in with about 30 other people who had also left) Technically you aren't allowed back in but the guy at the gate let us in.  The game went into overtime and we won.  It was a great ending to a fun night.

Thanksgiving

After Brent and I hiked Dragons Tooth this summer, Colin would ask when he could hike it with us.  We decided over Thanksgiving break would be a great time and between football and basketball games Thanksgiving day was the only day that worked.  Hiking in the morning meant extra pie in the afternoon! Mary, Robbie and Jeff all met us on the trail.

 We got to the trail about 30 minutes before everyone else so  just started since we had the kids with us.  We figured Mary, Jeff and Robbie would catch up pretty easily. They weren't that far behind us because Joel's foot went into the stream right after these pictures. We all laughed and he got upset that we laughed so he started back down the trail..... He eventually turned back around and walked with Brent. But  then on the way down Joel kept Mary very entertained with his stories of BUTT MAN.  I don't think Joel stopped talking once.

 Norah and Colin practically ran up the entire way. Its a pretty hard hike.

 

 

 

 

We didn't stay too long at the top. Mom and Dad had thanksgiving dinner waiting for us.  

It was a great thanksgiving.