Thanksgiving in Mississippi

We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving in Columbus, Mississippi at Becca and Grover's beautiful new house! There was lots of playing, eating, and socializing! We left Wednesday evening and came back Saturday. The ride there wasn't bad at all, but the ride back took forever, and Cope cried almost 90% of the time {tummy issues}. I am so glad we were able to go, although I am still getting our house back in order and laundry done and put away! It takes alot to pack for a family of 4! Here are the pictures from our trip!

Thanksgiving Day

Started out early with playtime outside in the bouncey. The weather was perfect.


My two little turkeys {and yes, one little turkey had to be caged alot. He's into EVERYTHING}



Simms and Lilla had lots of tea parties. Lilla was a VERY good sport with all of the chaos that my 2 brought into her house!


Becca and Grover were wonderful hosts! The table was beautiful and the turkey was delicious {not to mention all of the other food that we ate, and ate, and ate...}



The cousins bounced and bounced all afternoon




It wore them out {please notice the milk running out of Cope's mouth}



GameDay/Iron Bowl 2010 {WAR EAGLE!}

Apparently it had us all crazy with nervousness and excitement. This is how I found my son when I woke up {I think his Uncle Gee did it}


Simms was SO excited Charlie and Anna Crawford were coming to the Allgoods to watch the game. She will randomly just start talking about "Charlie in Mississippi" and sometimes calls her baby doll Anna Crawford, so she was thrilled to really see them.



Since the weather changed so drastically, the bouncey was moved inside. That made these kiddos HAPPY {and allowed us to watch the game in peace-somewhat}


Enjoying a snack and then hot chocolate on the porch



I let Simms play outside all afternoon yesterday, even though it was cold. She had so much energy to burn. She helped Daddy rake pinestraw and decorate the outside of our house for Christmas. She loved it!



This sweet little boy had to stay inside. He's battling another ear infection, and you guessed it, more than likely about to get tubes. Breaks my heart.


And our elf made his apperance this morning. Hoping to have the tree this week too!

Simms' Thanksgiving Program and Feast..

Simms had her preschool program and feast today. It was so precious, and we had the cutest little Indian there if I do say so myself. I seriously had tears in my eyes each time Simms sang. Yes, I know. I should get it together. We enjoyed a wonderful feast after the program. She was so glad that Daddy was able to make it to the program and then join her at her feast! I am so THANKFUL for her and the little girl she is growing into! It was a great morning!

Before we left this morning..she had finally started practicing her songs as she got dressed and sang the whole way to school:


Our little Indian {the pics of her performing didn't turn out well due to the lighting}:




She was so happy to have Bennett there as one of her guests:


Her precious table setting that she made:


The rest of our afternoon was spent enjoying a beautiful fall afternoon at Minnie's and of coures raking and playing in some pretty leaves:








And OF COURSE...all fun and happy times MUST come to an end, must they not? At least with us they do ;-) :

The Prize Bird

We have the prize turkey here in Georgia..


He's plump..


And delicious..


And oh so edible..


Gobble! Gobble!

Our Wednesday Night and Our Weekend

We spent tonight at our church, preparing for the upcoming Advent season. I am so glad that we have made this a tradition of ours- going as a family to the service, then making our Advent wreath and Christmas cards for the shut-ins. It is so important for Simms to know the real reason for the season, and we need to hear that message too! It was also special that she and Cope were able to be there tonight along with their grandparents and great-grandparents! Simms was surprisingly well behaved in the service, then worked very hard on making her wreath and rolling her candles. She had a lot of fun, and so did we!




Simms with one of her favorite friends {and one of my favorite too}-Keaton

Getting assistance from Daddy

Her finished Advent wreath


Making Christmas cards for our church's shut-ins

And here are some of the only pictures that I took from the Auburn/UGA game. WHAT A GAME by the way! I really don't think I can express my joy over beating Georgia! It was a GREAT weekend! War Eagle! Now we are looking forward to a weekend at home finally, before hitting the road again for Thanksgiving in Mississippi!



This sweet boy is battling his 3rd ear infection in 4 months {Simms has had ONE. At 13 months.} Well, he was a trooper anyway. Runny nose and all.

Then her nose got runny. So I decided to give her some of Cope's congestion medicine. Knocked.Her.Out. She was a zombie most of the day. It doesn't affect Cope like that-weird-but I guess it's true that everyone handles meds differently. Here she is barely with it after opening a birthday present from Adeline and Max. I had to force her to speak and say "thank you." After a nap she woke up fine!