Thanksgiving

We just returned from a 10 hour drive, whirlwind trip to visit the nearest family around for Thanksgiving. We had a great time visiting Great Grandma Mary, who cooked quite the meal for all of us! There were several second cousins for the kids to play with and many moments of complete and total chaos, which is the fun thing about having so many around.

Overshadowing the event was "The Paper" Deadline which is tomorrow. Rob's biggest project while he is here in school is this 40 page paper, 10 pages of which plus a 7-10 page detailed outline are due tomorrow. There have been so many other small things due and tests to study for, that Rob really hasn't had much time to put in on it. So he brought his school issued lap top and worked on it most of his spare time, including during the car ride home. Things are strangely calm today. The paper is only about 50% done and I am waiting for the looming storm as the children and I keep to ourselves and decorate for Christmas. He will no doubt be awake all night tonight. Oh well, my motto in college was always, "You can always sleep some other time," however that was never in regards to school work.

Alton's favorite pasttime on our trip was knocking down dominoes!
Guess what Avery's favorite pasttime was. We had to have some starters out or he wouldn't wait!

Don't adjust the color on your screens, my digital camera is slowly but surely dying.