Friday, December 21, 2012

ThanksGiving 2012

We made the trip (that seems to get longer and longer) to Gilmer for Thanksgiving just a month after we were there for Yamboree.  Since the whole family was there again, we decided it was the perfect time to take some family pictures. 

Gee and Papa Dan with their grand kids.

Team Robo



My boys

The Yielding Family



Aunt Kerrie with her niece and nephews.



Sisters

Danny's girls
Shattles Family

I love this man!

I am so blessed!

The leaves were changing colors which gave us a lot of beautiful backgrounds.


And speaking of leaves......

Two brothers....trying to behave long enough for mom to take a picture....NOT!

WEEEEE!

That's one way to get them to rake the leaves!


I have so much to be thankful for!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Halloween 2012

We got in the Halloween spooky spirit by making some chocolate and pretzel spider webs along with a repeat of last year's monster eyeballs.

For last year's Halloween post, click here.


Gage made this sweet spider head band at school.
Love this cutie!


Gage's scared face!




Keaton wanted so badly to be a scary zombie.  I tried to talk him out of it but now that he is older he doesn't want to wear the cute costumes.  I kept telling him he was going to scare Gage.  Once we agreed on the bleeding skeleton, we kept talking to Gage about Halloween, costumes, and that Keaton was going to be scary.
It turned into a game so that Gage wasn't scared.  This is Gage's scared face!!!


Cort was a skull ninja.  And yes, I recycled the cowboy costume from last year for Gage.  I knew it would fit, because it was too big last year.  I did purchase a new pair of cowboy boots to complete the outfit. 
It was just too hot for the monster costume he was going to wear.

Bleeding (with blood pump and all) Skeleton Zombie

I miss the cute SuperMan days!!
Keaton 2006

Daddy was a mad scientist!
 (Not much of a stretch from every day life....just kidding...I think!!)

Ryan and Gage




My attempt of a group photo before trick or treating. The Welch's hosted the annual Halloween street party at their house again.

Gage's scared face is awesome. 

The crew
Luke, Levi, Keaton, and Cort

20 Year class reunion and Yamboree

Twenty years ago (OMG) I graduated high school.  Class of 1992  The Wild Crew!  We held our 20 year class reunion the same weekend as Yamboree and we made a long weekend out of our trip to Gilmer.  Kerrie and Casey came for the visit too, so it was a family reunion of sorts.  You never know what adventures you will find on our trips to Gee and Papa Dan's.
 
Papa Dan took the boys up the road to feed the donkey.

The neighbors feed him old tortillas and doughnuts.  They kids thought that was hilarious.




Gage hanging out back with the scarecrow.
Cort climbing a tree.

Always a good time!


 

Gage taking mommy and daddy on a golf cart ride.
Since we have on different clothes, I guess he took us for 'many' rides.

Papa Dan also took them fishing at a neighbor's pond.







 
And of course, we have to spend a day on the square at the carnival.

Cort and Keaton on the Genesis

They are too cool to sit right next to each other.  Just so happened that seat stayed empty.
Not sure what Keaton was doing while Cort was on the swings, but Cort was just chillaxin!

I love this picture.
 So free, no worries, just being a kid flying through the air like an airplane.


Aunt Kerrie was brave enough to ride the Ferris wheel with them.

They also gave the bear tilt-a-world a try.


The Hammers

And yes, they rode the hammers.  And loved it!

But their favorite is still the star ship.  I don't know how they do it.  They rode it over and over.


The Super Shot
I was surprised they rode this one twice. 

Keaton almost didn't get on at all and this was the look on his face after the first time. But Aunt Kerrie rode it the second time with them.

The kids had a blast at the carnival.  They love the Yamboree.  Cort keeps calling it the BamBam Jamboree!

Somehow in all this fun, we also celebrate Aria's 1st birthday

Can't believe it has been a year!

Cousins

Doing what Cort does....trying to make Aria laugh!

Now for some mommy and daddy time!
We got all dolled up for a night out in the big G town. 
We did not go to my 10 year class reunion.  It was the same weekend as Dan and Nicki's wedding, which we were both in the wedding party.

The reunion was held at Tiffany Dodd's childhood home.  She was our class president and I have a lot of fond memories of her home and family. 

I got to reconnect with my high school best friend, Stacie.

Class of 1992
The Wild Crew
We had a good turn out and I had so much fun!