Thanksgiving Week

Fresh from the groomer and ready for Thanksgiving 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you got to spend time with family and friends.

We have had a very busy fall so a week to relax (and not have school and 1000 extracurricular activities) was such a nice treat. First, we did some work. We decorated the indoors... downstairs and then upstairs in the kids' rooms. While that was occurring, Skip did a LOT of yard work to kind of close out the year and tame some of the leaves. Afterward, we decorated outside as well. After a weekend of work, we took it kind of easy on Monday.

The duo had an unofficial school field trip Tuesday to see the movie "Wonder". We went early and had lunch at one of their faves - J. Alexander's - and then met up with their friends and teachers for the movie. Gracie and I read the book last year, and Grace/Lauren's class included the book in their curriculum this year. I definitely recommend the book to everyone. Most children could probably read this book as early as third or fourth grade, but I recommend it for older kids, parents and literally everyone. Have empathy and be kind is a message that translates to all.

On a day off, they chose to go to the movies with their students. So love them!

Our Thanksgiving spanned from Wednesday to Friday. We started by having Grammie over for lunch (lasagna!) Wednesday, and the trio had a good time catching up. Skip's family got together Thursday for lunch, and the trio had some good cousin time. We went to Grammie's house Friday for lunch and to catch up with relatives near and far. We enjoyed seeing everyone.

Saturday is a big day here locally, what with the Iron Bowl rivalry. I have not been a dutiful fan over the last year (or two, actually), and in keeping with that, I worked on my Christmas cards and some other items during the game. Skip has had a very bad feeling about Auburn for the last couple of years, and it looks like their work finally came together during the last few weeks. Skip and the trio watched the first quarter and then went outside to play football themselves before returning to watch the second half of the fourth quarter. It was ugly, but we are Roll Tide forever, regardless. We had some dinner, watched George process a rare Alabama loss and then called it a night.

The girls helped with the "Hanging of the Green" service (more soon), and then they were ready for resume school... at least for a few more weeks.