Thanksgiving Part II

After enjoying a couple of days and a fantastic turkey dinner at MiMi's we headed to spend some time with Robert's family. We drove through Brownsville on our way to Dyersburg to see Robert's grandparents. They boys had fun seeing their great grandparents and especially their chihuahua, Dora. They just loved that little dog! And, I must admit that I was a little worried for Dora, as all three of the boys were picking her up, but she was so wonderful with them. Don't worry, though, there is NO dog in our future! As much as our boys love them, I have enough problem just making sure our cat is fed and has a clean litter box. The thought of one more thing in our house that requires any sort of care is exhausting! But, the boys had a great time and it was nice to see Grandmother and Granddaddy.

After our short visit in Brownsville we load back in the car and headed to Dyersburg. They boys did SO great through all of our Thanksgiving travels and were certainly ready to get out and P.L.A.Y. once we made it to Robert's parents. Hannah and Chloe came over with Brad shortly after we arrived and what better thing to do than to send them all out to the trampoline?!

Sweet Chloe :)

I just love the static in her hair. I was told it was

less than normal because she had somehow managed

to get wax in her hair! Sounds like something that

would only happen in our house, eh?!

Five crazy cousins jumping around on the trampoline.

We might just have to get one of these someday. It seemed

to wear the boys out!

Little Grammy getting some help from cousin Hannah.

He doesn't know how to really jump yet, so he just walked around

squatting as if he was jumping. It was pretty funny!

We also were lucky enough for the horses to come

over near us and the boys loved seeing them!

They even got to feed them carrots!

Graham decided that it was best to just

go on ahead and eat the carrot himself!

Why give such a tasty snack to a horse?!

The big boys with GanGan and "Brownie."

I don't know the horses' real names, but the boys called

the brown one "Brownie" and the black on "Blackie!"

Fitting enough, I guess.

Graham's really checking out that horse!


All three boys got to pet both of the horses.
Thanks "Brownie"and "Blackie" for being so kind and gentle!

After spending the afternoon outside we enjoyed a nice traditional turkey dinner with Nonny, GanGan, Brad, Julie, Hannah and Chloe. Of course it was filled with the typical little kid drama! Patrick was "all done" before he even took one bite, Graham just wanted down because he spoiled his dinner by having momma milk right before and Chloe was not interested in eating much, either! Oh, the days of enjoying nice, quiet dinners are probably not going to be around for quite some time. :) But, it was a great evening and the boys were so worn out!

Saturday night we headed over to Twomammy's and Daddy Pat's for Thanksgiving with all of Robert's mom's family. There was a total of 14 children ages 10 and under. Talk about busy! The kids ran around and played after eating while the adults enjoyed some yummy heavy hors d'oeuvres. We loved being able to see everyone and again, the boys were exhausted and ready for bed by the time we got back to Nonny and GanGan's. So, off to bed we all went so we could be bright eyed and bushy tailed for the drive back to Cincinnati.

The five of us before heading to Twomammy's and Daddy Pat's.
Patrick was NOT in a good mood and had ZERO interest in
taking pictures! The other two boys look less than thrilled to be
saying cheese, too!



Robert's parents and the five grand kids. Patrick could not
look anymore miserable if he tried! But, look at that grin on little

Marshy. :)

We had such a fantastic Thanksgiving and are SO thankful for all the special friends and family that we have. The boys had so much fun they are already asking to go back to MiMi's and Nonny and GanGan's!! We head back in just a few weeks to celebrate Christmas. We will even get to see Uncle Goob, my brother, Christian, his wife, Becca, and my mom's sister, Dian! We are all looking forward to it.