Thanksgiving
Kelley, Katie, Maggie, Audrey, Henry, Jenny and Jeff joined us in the Burg for Thanksgiving. What a wonderful event it is to have family gathered around the table this time of year. We are blessed!
The kids got cool pajamas from their mothers who could not resist the Walmart in-store promotion! They got furry slippers for themselves as well! I wonder how many more years Henry will volunteer to dress in his pajamas for a photo?
The day after Thanksgiving it was time for our in-house rivalry! The UVA drought continues for another year! (VT 10 - UVA 0)
Maggie and Kelley left for home Saturday morning. Thanks for coming Kelley, it was great seeing you! The rest of the gang just had a low key day including things like a walk around downtown, getting oil and vinegar at Gretchen's favorite store in the mall and spur of the moment haircuts for Audrey and her mom.
Since we now have a tradition of going to the girls for Christmas, Gretchen and I must have been thinking about down sizing Christmas decorations. The day we were going to decorate the tree, we both looked at each other and said, "I don't want to carry that thing up the stairs." So, now we have a cute 4 foot tree you can carry with one hand.
It's the week before Christmas and Henry is on winter break, so he is spending the week with us. Grandma and Grandpa loved having him in Lynchburg and this is some of the things we did.
We went to All Fired Up so Henry could make an ornament for his mother for Christmas. He chose a ball and did a neat job painting it!
We were close to Ivy Creek Park and it was a beautiful day so we went for a hike around the lake where Henry found a tree to hug!
The week turned colder so we went for a winter hike in Riverside Park, and we saw a train come by on the tracks along the river. A train did not pass on the track that crosses the trestle.
We asked Herny if he would like to open his Christmas present from us so Grandpa could teach him how to use it. Of course he said yes and we began playing with Evo, the robot. By the end of the week, Henry wrote his first computer program!
Finally, later in the week the first appearance of reindeer people occurred! One thing that happened this week was something Grandpa did to Henry's drone which I will not mention!
On Friday we took Henry home, in anticipation of spending Christmas in Hillsborough. On Saturday, we had Christmas dinner at Katie's before playing Pokémon on our way to the Mystery Brewing Company Christmas Concert. The concert was wonderful; there is a lot of musical talent in Hillsborough!
Sunday morning we opened presents, and then, before Audrey and Henry left to spend Christmas with their dad.....
more reindeer people appeared! On Christmas, we had a leisurely day with Katie, which included seeing the movie Wonder, which is simply wonderful!
The day after Christmas, we headed to SC to see the Hills. This year it was Audrey's turn to come along to spend some time with her cousin. We tried Airbnb for the first time and successfully rented a condo in the True Blue Golf Community. We had a great week, eating dinners together and spending time with Maggie and Audrey while Seth and Kelley worked.
One day, a cold day, we went for a ride to get out of the house. During the ride, the girls had an ice cream craving. Maggie's favorite ice cream place was closed and Audrey suggested getting a McFlurry at McDonalds. Maggie said she never had one, but she really liked her Oreo McFlurry!
The cousins had a lot of fun just playing together during the week.
We took Audrey to ride the SkyWheel in Myrtle Beach since Maggie really liked it last year. The girls loved it even though Audrey kept saying she was scared of heights at the top with a huge smile on her face!
And more reindeer people appeared!
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