This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Ratcliffs. Mom and Dad picked a place in Tennessee that none of us had ever been to and we all met there for the entire week. It was a great place, but it took us 2 days to drive there. We spent the first night in St. Louis, which neither Carter nor I had ever been to before. We stopped at the famous arch on our way out of town and had a great time! Carter took some great pictures.
Here we are at the top of the arch!
Thanksgiving week was great. Mom and Dad loved spending time with the kiddos, and I got some much needed work time in while they babysat. Annabelle took her first few steps, but hasn't repeated it since. We all freaked out and yelled which scared her to death... maybe by Christmas she'll decide to walk again!
We were thrilled that Uncle Jay was able to make it for the week, too! This is the longest we've spent with him maybe since we got married... the boys adore him, of course. He paid them quarters to fetch him things or do marine training exercises (Palmer loved working for quarters and would do just about anything!) I had to draw the line at bringing Uncle Jay a beer even though it made me laugh. Carter and Jay also had Wii time to themselves after bedtime.
A tradition in our house is to watch the Macy's parade... so here is a picture of me, Mom, and the kids in our PJs on the foldout couch watching. Carter's parents were actually in New York for the parade, so we watched for them on TV. Of course, we didn't pick them out of the millions of parade-goers, but they sure had some great pictures for the boys to see!
I think this is the only picture of my Dad from my camera. Most of the pictures are on my Mom's camera and I forgot to download them before we all drove home. This picture cracks me up. I still can't believe my dad smokes cigars... but it is a favorite hobby he has picked up in his retirement days :) He was in mid-sentence when I snapped this. The socks remind me of his dad, my Papa. :)
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