Happy Thanksgiving...We had a great time up in Atlanta for Thanksgiving! Of course we ate too much, stayed up too late, and laughed a lot! But that's what Thanksgiving is all about. We missed having Randy there this year but he went up to PA to spend Thanksgiving with his dad. It wasn't quite the same without him there to drop the pies and snore on the couch! :)Thanks so much to Gammer and Bumpa for feeding all of us! It was yummy!

The girls working on the Thanksgiving placemats.

Hard at work!

Picture perfect!

Hard at work in the kitchen.

Me and Mom.

Rudy kept a very close eye on that turkey.

Cheese!

The girls at the kids' table!

Ready to eat! :)

Allison's 6th Birthday...I can't believe Allison is 6 years old! She had a great birthday! It was their last day of school before the Thanksgiving break so they were doing lots of fun stuff in her class. I took cookies up to her class at lunch so all the kids could help her celebrate. They looked so cute dressed up in their Thanksgiving stuff!

We left for Gammer and Bumpa's house right after school. Going to Gammer's was the best present of all! Allison lost her top tooth about 5 minutes into the drive! She looks so funny!

Smiling with Will.

Will and Lindsey were there to wish her a Happy Birthday too.

All of her favorite people!

Singing to the birthday girl.

I think she got them all! Happy Birthday Punker!

How many birthday celebrations can one 6 year old have...Since we were going to be out of town for Allison's real birthday, we let her pick where she wanted to eat the night before her birthday. Of course, she picked American Cafe downtown so we headed down there for dinner and to open her gift.

The birthday girl with Daddy.

Me and my big girl.

Score! She finally got her "Ipod" (don't anyone tell her it's not really an Ipod!!). She has been dying to get one of those like her big sister!

Jamming out at the table! She couldn't wait to turn it on.

My Star of the Month...Anne was the "Star of the Month" for her class this month. She gets a certificate and her picture hangs in the foyer at school for the month. We are so proud of her!

And here is one of her eye. She got knocked in the head by a grounder that took a bad bounce a few weeks ago.

Allison's ice skating party...Allison had a great time at her party this year! She really wanted an ice skating party and even though most of the kids had never skated before, they all did a great job and had a good time! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the kids out on the ice! I was too busy trying to hold them up most of the time.

Allison and her good buddy Jackson.

Celebrating with some fellow Wildcats!

Taking a break from the ice with her friends.

Anne and Sam getting ready to hit the ice.

She was very happy with her Camp Rock cake!

"Cuz we rock, we rock, we rock on..." Daddy did a great job on the cake this year!

Acting like a nut!

Opening her gifts back at home.

Anne and Sam watching the gift opening.

Rudy watching from his lounge chair.

Family shot at dinner that night.

Aunt Kim, Gammer, and Bumpa! Thanks for coming down for the party! :)

The end of Fall Ball 2008...The girls finished up the last of their games last weekend. They both had a great time this season and have both improved a lot! I had a lot of fun coaching Allison on the Wildcats this year too. We will enjoy the time off for the holidays and look forward to the start of the spring season in January!

The Wildcats after their last game! It was FREEZING outside!

Posing with their trophies at the team party.

Anne and a few of the Red Hots in the dugout.

Anne playing second base.

Anne showing off her medal and her helmet stars!

Allison's field trip to the zoo...
We had our second field trip this month and this time we went to the Jacksonville zoo. It was a perfect day to go! The weather was beautiful. Allison had a great time and learned a lot in the animal class which was really fun.

The giraffe exhibit is her favorite thing!

Being silly with her good friend Shane.

Petting the snake.

You have to pet the gator when you live in Florida!

Pictures from Gammer's visit... Here are a few more pictures from Gammer's visit. We all had a great time! Of course, it went by way too fast!

Singing Happy Birthday to Bumpa over the phone. He was supposed to come but ended up having to work over the weekend.

Celebrating Gammer's birthday a few days early.

Gammer and her girls.

Being dorks.

Rudy is worse than the kids. He is always right there, wondering what's in the bag.

Doing Gammer's hair in their beauty shop. Looks kind of painful.

Gammer and the girls along the St. John's river.

Just one more of Anne. She was named "Hero of the Month" on Friday!! We are so proud of her!