I am happy to report that (once we got there), things improved.
We had a nice Thanksgiving Day...
Turkey was consumed.
Football was played.
Cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents were visited.
Everyone (and I mean everyone!) got to chat with their favorite soldier... who called right before lunch. We passed the phone around, said the blessing, and then ate like piggies. After lunch, Uncle Tom tortured (drove) the boy and his cousin, Jacob. He took them over to see the stadium where the game was gonna be played the next day. Uncle Tom is an Auburn fan, and the two boys are Alabama fans, and they all had a great time harassing each other.
Then, it was time to hit the road (Lord save me) again.
On to South Carolina to celebrate with my family...
It is a much smaller crowd, but no less chaotic.
There was wild wrestling and running around.
There was also lots of eating... just not turkey. We all went to one of our favorite Italian restaurants... and ate like piggies.
The boy was able to tromp around the farm, do a little hunting, watch Alabama BARELY win the Iron Bowl, spend time with his grandparents, and run around the house with his cousin, Noah, like a wild banshee. (What is that, anyway?)
I hit the Black Friday sales with my sis-in-law and brother. The only grumpy/pushy person we encountered all day was my own brother. He actually didn't get that way until Hobby Lobby. He said we were "taking too long" and that he wouldn't have felt that way if it weren't the "THIRD CRAFT STORE OF THE DAY." (Emphasis his.)
There is no such thing as too many craft stores in one day. Especially not when ribbon is 70% off. What does he know?
Now we are home and deep in the trenches of hauling out the holly. The Christmas craziness has begun. I think there are about 43 different events this weekend alone.
But I have enough ribbon.
5 comments:
Autumn, y'all have some good looking relatives!
I didn't know there was such a thing as too many craft stores until I visited 3 in one day, looking for jars and a few other items, not finding _any_ of them until the third one.
Also, leave it to me: a banshee (spelled in the conventional Irish as "bean sidhe" refers mostly to the sound heard on the Irish plains because of the wind. The legend attached to said sound is that it is the wailing of a fairy maiden/hag. Said wailing is the the maiden/hag mourning the impending death of a) someone important or b) someone in the area. However, when we refer to someone (children) running around like a banshee, we are referring most often to the screaming that accompanies said running around.
Do with all that what you will.
So glad you got to talk to your soldier on Thanksgiving!!!
We love spending time with you and E. Wish you were closer. Do you think Uncle Sam would allow us to pick Dan's next assignmetn?
Glad to hear you made all the rounds. I can't believe you and April got Daniel to go shopping, much less to 3 craft stores? I'll have to take his side on this one! I hope you've received my snail mail surprise, and your Mom has my email address for you, just wanted to tell you somethings.
I LOVE all of the pictures with this post. Happy smiling people!
I must say, the Grandma haircut in your family is very cool. I think I will shoot for their grandma style instead of my Mom's grandma style.
Never enough craft stores... never enough.
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