"This Man Called Jesus"
We went to a play called "This Man Called Jesus". It is held by a local church and thousands of people attend every year. The church does it free of charge. It is a reenactment of the Birth, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus. There is lots of singing and even real animals on stage. Afterwards, we went outside and met the famous camel, Eli... the second star of the show!
Lights at the Zoo
We went to see the lights at the zoo. Surprisingly, a lot of the animals were awake. The lights were beautiful and festive.
It's snoaping
Now that was my kind of snow! It was wasn't cold! Probably because it wasn't snow, it was soap. At the entrance into the zoo, they had two bubbly-snow machine blowing full swing. The kids loved it until the looked up with there mouths open to catch a 'flake'... ug, ug, choke, cough! Blaaaa!
Bring home the Ramsey Christmas Tree...
This is our first tree in 10 years (long, sad story). We were so excited to pick one out. The kids had so much fun running through the trees. Randy about had a heart attack when he was hit with the price. You see, the last time we bought a tree they were 20 bucks. So, needless to say, we were not used to coming home with a tree strapped to roof of the suburban. And well....
Our Thanksgiving Trip to Gatlinburg, TN
We piled all the kids into the car and bunked in a beautiful cabin in Gatlinburg Tennessee for Thanksgiving. We had so much fun and it went by way too fast. It was a much needed mini vacation and we even saw snow.
Nova hunkers down for a long road trip
Here you see Nova, our chocolate mutt. She had the option of sprawling on 3/4 of the backseat, but no! She squeezed herself in between the two captains chairs and buried her face in Graham's book bag. She's such a nut. That is where she stayed for the 4 and 1/2 hour car ride up to the mountains!
A Pioneer Thanksgiving Feast
The whole reason for going to Gatlinburg was to celebrate Thanksgiving and have dinner in a cabin, in the woods... Pioneer style. This is my second attempt to fix a whole Thanksgiving dinner by myself for my family. Last year was super healthy and vegetarian (I made a Tofurky). This year I did make everything from scratch, just not so whole grainish and tofuey. I made Indian Corn Pudding and homemade cranberry sauce. The kids, of course, hated everything. Randy and I enjoyed our dinner and Thanksgiving fish. Yes, Pioneers had fish at the big feast! Mr. Turkey was happy to not be on this table, deep fried. However, I did buy turkey gravy in the jar, for Randy, to put on his mashed potatoes. (Good Wife points, let me tell ya)
Vegetarian Bear Skinned Rug
So, this is somewhat of an inside joke. Randy and I have always said that when the children go to bed we would make a fire and feed other strawberries... and so on. Well, Randy would always say "on a bear skinned rug, of coarse!" When we got to our cabin and saw this 'toy' bear skinned rug, we simply had to improvise for a candid shot. Obviously it was not big enough to rest on and gaze into the gas-timed fire. Although, I do prefer the vegetarian version and will have to find a larger one for my home. (No bears were harmed in the making of this picture :)
He robs from the rich to give to the poor
Now ladies, don't be jealous because I have my own, personal Robin Hood! It's just something I have truly been blessed with!
Ripley's Museum
We went to Ripley's Museum to get in from the cold. It was... interesting to say the least. We saw a "real" mermaid and felt how heavy a ball and chain was!
The Whole Fam on Skates!
This was super fun and a nightmare all at the same time. I didn't know they made skates so small. Jordan acted like he wanted to try it out. When we got out there he would NOT put his feet down. He just curled up in a ball and freaked out. Hannah was majorly tired and it was way past nap time. They actually both ended up passing out on the bench so Randy and I took turns skating with Graham.
Momma and Graham shavin' some ice
Graham did so good. He went around several times and even by himself. He would have loved to stay and skate all day.
Please can I, Momma...
We always hit the candy and fudge stores when we go to Gatlinburg. The kids had a hay day and their head literally spun off when the walked in. They suddenly became the sweetest children on the planet and would do whatever we asked if we just let them have some candy!
Graham the pool shark
We had a pool table in our house. Graham learned how to play. He loved it. Now all we hear is how we need to buy a pool table for our house.
Thanksgiving
We went to Marie's for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time and I definitely ate way too much. We were blessed with gorgeous weather! Hope everyone a restful, delicious, thankful day!
Nova, all tucked in
Could this dog be anymore spoiled? I think not. She is such an old lady these days. Around 8 pm or so she just disappears into Grahams room and goes to bed. We covered her up, of coarse, but she loved it nonetheless. All she needs now is a spot at the table.
Tree Fort
Randy has started a project. Yes you know what that means... call the hospital and give them a warning and watch for all falling objects. Nah- just kidding. He has been wanting to build the boys a tree fort forever. Jordan is too young to enjoy so Graham will take all the pleasure. It's between 3 trees and get's more complicated as the days go by. He has done and excellent job. Graham is so excited to get up there with his paintball gun and shoot the enemy! More pictures to come...
My boys!
I am not one of those Moms that is always dressing her children the same. It just happen to be one day that they both had the grey cammo on. I thought it was sooooooo adorable. Can I say cammo is adorable? Anyway- it is quite funny for a mostly vegetarian family to have so much cammo in the house (see next picture down), but we are not hunters! Graham is fully obsessed with the military right now! I tell ya, it is making him learn about American history soooo much easier.
Can you see them?
So, Randy comes home with a paintball gun for himself and Graham and now... my backyard looks like a kindergarten painting! Graham LOVES it! Randy took him to some woods to go shooting. They pretended to track the enemy. Randy was Captain Ramsey and Graham was Private Jenkins (?) Randy said Graham would pick up a pine cone and say it was the enemy's phone and Graham would call HQ for some BU. They had a blast!
When the got home they cleaned their guns and had a cold, frosty lemonade!!!
Held together with glue!
These two... I tell ya... peas and carrots!!! Momma? Momma who? Graham is all about Daddy and doing Daddy things! One day Graham was eating his lunch and all of a sudden, out of the blue, he looks at me and says, "I have the greatest Daddy in the world, don't I?" And I say [of coarse] "Yes you do!" They have manly nights and do very manly things like fart and talk about guns. Something I could never fabricate... well!
What a smile!
So... you see the blanket? First I had a passy kid, then I had a thumb sucker... with Jordan we now have experienced, first hand, the blankie! That boy loves his blanket. Or should I say 'bikie'. At first any soft, fuzzy baby blanket would do, but this blue one has become "the one". I haven't dragged it to the grocery store yet, but it's coming. He searches for it and tonight he wanted to put it in the bath tub with him. We got through the passy, still working on the thumb, sure... throw one more habit on the barbie!
My Princess
That's my girl! She poses with her hand raised...? She has really been quite the little talker lately with oh-so many questions. She is writing her name and now has started on other letters of the alphabet. Sitting and listening to a second grader in school has done wonders for her. She sings about the Declaration of Independence and Davey Crockett. She also knows lots of spanish words. My goodness, by the time she's in the second grade, she'll be in the sixth!
HEADS UP!!!
You can't see him, but Randy is running for cover. Graham hit the ball almost every time. We were surprised at how well he hit the ball, with zip-o experience. He has a knack. I'm thinking of signing him up in the spring!
"The grass is dirty," she says!
Hannah is in the question stage! Ug- an exhausting stage. If you tell her the sky is blue, she asks why. If you tell her, because God made is that way, she asks who is God. If you tell her God is our Father in Heaven, she asks what's a heaven... and on and on and on... After a while I give up and start asking her questions. And as a female... she always has an answer!
Jordan as a turtle
This boy is a ball of fun! He is such a hoot! His new word is "poo"! He comes and tells me or Daddy that he has poo in his diaper, EVERY TIME! What a great thing at 19months! Unfortunately, he thinks gas is poo, too. He walks around all day long saying "poo, poo, poo..." His favorite word is "choo" and he loves to say and wear "shoes". Do you hear a pattern?
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