Thanksgiving Week

Wow, I am so behind on posting, and if I don't start catching up now, it's not going to happen!  Christmas is just getting busier and busier.  Here is a sampling of our schedule:

Dec. 6--Luke's Gingerbread Party (evening)

Dec. 6--Christmas barbecue at church (evening)

Dec. 7--Greg has a flag football tournament in the afternoon, and another youth group comes through in the evening, necessitating a joint devo and dinner together at Moe's:).

Dec. 8--Greg and I go out for my birthday, which was the 5th...but we were too busy getting ready for Luke's party on the 5th.

Dec. 9--Luke and Anna's Mommy and Me Christmas Party.

Dec. 10--Discovery Toys party

Dec. 12--Jr. High Christmas Party at our house; Greg's parents come in town

Dec. 13--Greg's parents take Luke (and the rest of us) to a Train Ride with Santa in a town a couple of hours away.

Dec. 13 (evening)--our neighbors set up a big screen outside to watch Christmas movies, while roasting hot dogs and making s'mores.

Tons of fun...but very busy!  Note to self:  Next year, all Christmas shopping, supply shopping for Luke's gingerbread house party, Christmas pictures, and Christmas cards need to be handled BEFORE THANKSGIVING!  It is just too crazy afterwards.

Oh yes...Thanksgiving.  We had a very fun week, starting off with a trip to Jacksonville, FL, for the Oasis youth rally.  This is the second year we've gone, and we really like it.  This year, it was just for the Junior High, so we took a smaller group, making the trip much more low stress.  Plus, it's nice to get to go along with Daddy and spend some good time with him.

While in Jacksonville, Anna learned to stand up all by herself.

Afterwards, the group went back to SC, but we drove up to Macon to see my family.  Of course, we all had lots of fun...especially Luke, who fell in love with Gaga's M&M machine, and carried it with him everywhere.  Both he and Gaga wanted us to take it with us when we went to visit the Kirbys in NC, but we knew the other parents would kill us for bringing a steady-stream-of-sugar machine.  Such things fit under the category of "Only at Gaga's":).

We didn't get many pictures in Macon, but we got plenty in Murphy with Greg's family.  In fact, I think I'll make that a separate post.