Thanksgiving

Well family and friends, we had a delightful thanksgiving. We were not able to make the trip up to NH/MA this year because I had to teach until Tuesday, but we did manage to make a shorter trip to NC where my aunt, uncle and kids live.

And in those short 4 hours down we found out that our dear little Lucy gets car sick. Yeah, that is right she threw up twice on the way down, and once on the way back. We are seriously considering a garbage cover for her carseat when we make the trip up to New England for Christmas. And our car needs some seriously air freshener, but such is life.

But all things considered it was still a relatively good traveling trip, and the time we had in NC was very nice. I wouldn't say it was all sleepy, lazy stuff. If you know my family in NC you know that there is constantly something going on. They still have several teenagers at home for goodness sake, but nevertheless we had a great time. We enjoyed A LOT of food and lot of fun times playing in the park and going for walks and hanging out with the relatives. We even got to see my cousin who just recently came home from his mission in Chile.

During this trip I found out that Lucy loves playing in sandboxes. I must say, after the summer of her eating dirt and getting impetigo twice I think I have been leary to have her playing with any sort of dirt-like material. Apparently it is the best thing ever! She played in the park's sandbox for the majority of our park visit. And all she did was lift up the sand and put it back down.

Consequently when we went to the park today, she found the sandbox again and made 20 or so small piles of sand on the bench that outlined the sandbox. And she was quite content. I feel like we need to build a sandbox, but unfortunately we are in the wrong time of year for such an undertaking. Maybe snow will suffice when it finally comes.

Anyways, that is the discombobulated, unorganized version of what happened last week. I would love to end with some pictures, but our camera was left in NC and will be shipped to us soon. Hopefully I can appease the masses with a few pictures later.

I will end this post with a few things I am thankful for which ultimately comes down to family and beliefs. Without either one, I am not sure I would know what to do with myself. Thank goodness we have something to live for..

And that is all...for now!

What have we been doing...

This was a pretty good week. We voted, we did normal stuff, we had Grandma and Grandpa Coop to visit. I will let the pictures do most of the explaining.

Lucy went to vote with us. She was pretty unhappy that we had to stand in line and made her stay in our arms the whole time. But she sure looked cute.

 She is also totally into coloring these days. She holds the pencil like a pro.

And then Grandma and Grandpa Coop came to visit. And we went to an awesome place called Boxerwood gardens where you could play in a kitchen and relax on a hammock and still in a giant chair made of large limbs. It was pretty awesome. We even helped Grandma and Grandpa Coop find a geocache.

We also went to a VMI parade where they shot off a number of cannons, we ate a number of places, one of which had some pretty amazing gelato, we played board games while Lucy slept, and looked around town at some of the local shops. Jimmy and I took advantage of grandparents being around and went and saw a movie. We haven't been on a date in some time. It was delightful!

 It has been a good week. We hope you all felt the same about your week. And if not, well here's hoping that the next one turns out better!