Over the River and Through the Woods...

This Thanksgiving, we packed up the car and headed to West, By God, Virginia. We went to Nanny B.'s house in the mountains and had so much fun with Andy, Alyssa, the boys and Nanny! Dan and Carol were on a cruise with her sister and brother-in-law, Jamie and Erin were with her family, and Katie was with David and his family. We missed everyone, but it was nice having Thanksgiving back at Nanny's. I have missed having Thanksgiving there. We have outgrown her house (too many of us!!! and we are still growing....) and we have been going to a camp not too far from our house, but since last year's horrible Thanksgiving, we are hesitant to return. For the story on that click HERE. We had a great Thanksgiving morning watching the parade. One local band was in the parade! We then picked up our turkey from the grocery store (already cooked AND sliced!!!-Thanks Mimi!). That is the way to make turkey! Everything else was made by us, including homemade rolls! Yum! Everyone enjoyed supper! We had pumpkin pie for dessert, of course. On Friday, we woke up to a little dusting of snow, so the kids rushed to get dressed to play outside. We left Nanny to rest while we went to hike at a beautiful water fall. There was more snow up there and Wilson couldn't help but lick all the snow he could! He was licking it off of benches even! It was a nice hike and all the kiddos had fun! After returning and getting the littlest ones down for a nap, the girls all went "shopping" at Dollar General (the ONLY store in town). I got some Secret Santa gifts for school, so I considered the trip a success. After we returned, Daniel took Meg and Andy out to shoot his new gun. Meg said it was loud, but she actually pulled the trigger with help from her Uncle Roo. She did great. We all enjoyed a nice supper of pizza....we had already had enough turkey for the day. That evening, Meg, Lily, and Wilson performed for us. Meg sang some of her chorus songs, then Lily assisted (along with her baby, Turnip) in singing Turkey in the Straw. Then we did the Turkey Dance (which I did not photograph due to the fact that I was dancing with Wilson). It was lots of fun to watch. Andy was told by Uncle Bill to take pics, so I am sure I will have some more to post later when those are developed--taken the old fashioned way---35 mm. We headed home on Saturday morning, hoping to return home in time to watch the game. We made it back about half time, so Daniel did get to see some of it. We had a great trip and made some great memories!