Thanksgiving 2013

It's hard to believe today was our fourth Thanksgiving in Nashville!  We woke up and watched some of the Macy's Parade and then just hung out at home.  This afternoon we went on our annual Thanksgiving Day hike.  It was pretty cold, so we were all bundled up.  I thought the girls looked pretty cute!  Story looked like a bag lady with her nature bag, bug catchers, binoculars, leggings-skirt and boots and that hat---the cutest bag lady I've ever seen;-)

 

 We went hiking at Radnor lake and we saw lots of wildlife!  There were deer, woodpeckers, ducks, chipmunks and turkey!

Coda just hung out in the Ergo the whole time.  Her face was pretty cold, so I covered her up and she had a nice little nap:-)

The girls all took their binoculars and nature bags.  Lots of discovering to do!

Cadence played tour guide most of the hike.  Her sisters didn't appreciate her commentary, they thought she was being too loud.  They wanted to see more wildlife!

At the end of the hike is when we saw the turkey.

They're kind of hard to see in these pictures, but there were five of the roaming around.  I was glad we weren't having turkey for Thanksgiving, it would have made me sad to see these guys out in the wild and then to be eating one of them!  Luckily, there weren't any pigs around because the girls did have ham:-(

We came home and made our Thanksgiving dinner.  I didn't take any pictures, but it was yummy!

I did get these pictures of Coda having her Thanksgiving feast.  She was being a messy eater!

 

It's hard not to think about our days in the hospital during this time of year.  Thanksgiving 2010 was spent in the hospital.  Today I am thankful we're all healthy and happy!

Discuits No More!

So, about 10 or 12 years ago Devon and I were hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas at our house.  I attempted to make my Nanny's yeast rolls.  They didn't rise.  Trent, Devon's brother, called them discuits.  They were very flat like a disc, so I guess discuits was a suitable name.

Since then, every couple of years I try to make them and the same thing happens--they rise in the bowl but when I get them in the pan- they don't rise and you don't end up with big fluffy rolls--you end up with discuits.

 I just knew they were going to turn out this year...look at my cute little helpers...

 

Booya!  No discuits this year baby!  We've got rolls-big fat and fluffy ones!

 They tasted as good as they look!

Thanksgiving Day 2011

 

We had one of the best Thanksgivings today!  We started out the day watching some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

 Then we headed to Dave and Buster's.  They hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for Make a Wish Families.  When I received the invitation from Make a Wish I accepted it because we had no other plans, but I didn't really know what to expect.  It was AMAZING!  When we arrived they gave us five loaded game cards and showed us to the games.

I didn't realize Dave and Buster's had so many games for the kids.  I thought it was more of an adult place.  The girls loved winning all the tickets! 

 The staff was wonderful!  They would come by to make sure we had everything we needed.  The manager came up at one point to see if we still had credits on our game cards.  I told him we were okay, but he handed me five more cards, "Just in case." 

 We had a very tasty lunch and headed back for more games.  Devon and Story discovered this one.  You picked the "ride" (a roller coaster, a jet...) you wanted then the chairs moved and vibrated while a fan was blowing in your face.

 The girls loved it.

 

 

We all had a turn.

When we were done with the games we headed to cash in our tickets and 'buy' some goodies:-)  Cadence got a Smurfette doll and Lyric got a stuffed unicorn and a lava lamp.  Story had 1,100 tickets and she saw a Tianna lamp that she loved.  Devon asked the manager how many tickets it was.  He said it was 2,100 and asked how many she had.  When she told him he said, "Well today, we are making deals and you can have the lamp."  She was so excited!

One happy little girl!

We saw the Smurfs at the dollar theater yesterday, so Cadence was very excited to get Smurfette!

They let Smurfette and Tianna meet each other:-)

After Dave and Busters we headed home to change and go hiking.

My handsome husband was being silly on the drive.

I could not believe all three girls were in a picture taking mood.  That never happens!

We put the camera on a post and took this family picture.

Daddy and the girls tried out the rockers on the porch of the nature center.

 

Miss Lyric led the way on our hike.

Story Bell didn't lead the way, but she had the map to ensure we were staying on track.

This is a really bad picture, but I LOVE it!  We put the camera on a log to get this one.

At the end of the hike we stopped for a snack, Chex Mix with M&M's--yum!

Cadence was pretending to get vicious with her stick-scary!

We ended the night watching Horton Hears a Who.  It was an awesome day!

We're Still Here!

It has been so long since I have written a blog entry I am not sure I still know how! I had to type my password twice because I couldn't remember it! We are still around I guess things have been too busy to blog or maybe too boring;-) We had Thanksgiving in Bryan with my mom and then we came back here on Friday and had it with Devon's family on Saturday. Good food and good times at both places. I didn't take one picture while we were in Bryan, but here are the few I have from here. Enjoy!

Sweet Baby!

Yes, they did try to get all of his kisses, but they hadn't seen him in over two months. Can you blame them?

We thought it would be cute to get pictures of all of the kiddos together... yeah, not so much;-)

Quite the handful!

Lyric and Zaydie (as she called him) played and played.

Story and Cadence played and played.

Mimi J and Cadence played and played.

Uncle Brandon and Kaydi played the pass game with the girls over and over again! Who knew they had so much patients?

Daddy enjoyed watching some football. He was rooting against Tech, but when Uncle Brandon threatened to kick him out he quickly changed his team choice.

Story took a picture of Baby Z and I. If that boy had my blood I would swear he got his fat face from me!