Monday, 11/21/16
Even though last minute, we made it happen thanks to Mimi & Pap! :D The girls once again got to travel to Ohio for a few days 'on their own' without mom & dad there :) To say they were excited was an understatement! Feeling very fortunate that I did not have to work and was able to drive the 1/2 way and back.
That evening Lydia got to open her birthday present from Mimi and she was in love with her new cozy outfit :)
Which she was excited to wear that night as they all got to go to Carson's Christmas concert at school!
On Tuesday this crew went to pick up the turkey and they got to make their Tee-pee by the creek
And LeaAnn realized she lost one of her gloves ;)
That night, popcorn and a movie... and a fire of course!
On Wednesday, Mimi & Pap took all of them to the Trolls movie
and then the these 3 got to go shopping with Aunt Ashley!
And these 3 enjoyed the tee-pee some more :)
That night Chris & I arrived, Ashley brought us dinner, Donnie came down and so did Dawn & Gina and we all played cards! Super fun, no pictures of that :(
Thursday, 11/24, Ashley and I woke up early to once again participate in the 10K Cincinnati Turkey trot! It was a beautiful morning! So glad we stuck with our decision to go, b/c we did jog the whole thing, and it was just as cool as I remembered :)
Love this downtown stretch at the beginning... even if it is up a hill :)
trying to take the picture looking down the hill... at all times there are just as many people in front of you as there are behind you!
The first bridge... just love it :)
We had a great time!
And then at home... Mimi was all set-up for Thanksgiving dinner at her house!
Should have taken pictures of our table, b/c everyone got to sit together :) even all 6 kids!
There were 'only' 15 of us, and though not 'normal' we had a wonderful time... even played cards and so did Pap!! :) And what I didn't get a picture of was all the kids down at the tee-pee with Aunt Lori and Aunt Dawn!! Lori taught them how to pop pop-corn over the fire and set them up to bake apples the next day! And boy were they excited to do that!
And this was not the day of Thanksgiving.. but here's what they continued to do everyday for hours on end!
They called themselves the 'Mar tribe' and they all had assigned 'Indian' names :)
Lauren is Swaying Grass, Lindsay is Ravens Eye, Elle is Eagle Wings, Carson is Jackope, Lydia is Crystal and LeaAnn is Baby Rose
This was on Friday, and Pap did not go down with them this morning. We watched out the window looking for smoke and he said, "they will get a much bigger sense of accomplishment if they start that fire on their own." And when I walked down... he was exactly right. They were SO proud of themselves :)
Popcorn cooking
Getting ready to prep the apples
The tribe :D
Adding more butter to the apples... they were REALLY delicious!! Brown & white sugar and butter... baked to perfection :D
They absolutely can not wait to go back at Christmas! Their fingers are crossed that they will still be able to play in their tee-pee :)
