It's Begining To Feel Alot Like Christmas!!

Well we have survived the Thanksgiving trip and we are all looking forward to Christmas. Our Thanksgiving adventure was good. We were rushed being that Charlie had to be at work on Friday morning at 7. So we went to see Carol on Tuesday night. The kids had fun and she had taken them to see the lights at Tanglewood. Then they went to Chuck E Cheese which is there favorite thing to do with Granny Carol. Then we were off to Mt Airy on Wednesday morning. We got to see Nana(Tina's Mom) and then off to Virginia that night to Papa and Granny's. We had lots of fun spending time with all the family there. Then we got to go see MELINDA!!! Well the kids were more excited to see Jaxon and Annamarie. We miss them a lot. If only we were nearer to each other. Well then we had dinner with Charlie's family. We had everyone there which was great since at Christmas Eddie's family will be in Canada with Melissa's family. We will miss them but we will share. Well when we get a picture from Charles I will add it here of all the grandkids. There is 14!! Well thanks for reading.

Yeah! Happy Thanksgiving

Well we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We will be traveling this week so I figured we would say this earlier in the week. The kids are out of school for the whole week and they are going to go to their Granny Carol's house tomorrow. Then we will pick them up on our way to Mt Airy. We will see all our family hopefully and have a great time. Now if we could get great traffic and no car problems we will be glad. So from our family to yours Happy Thanksgiving.

Shots and Baby

Well we want to start by saying CONGRATULATIONS to the Hodnett family. Little Alexander Lee Hodnett was born on Tuesday.
Now to the shots, well since it is flu season and Mason can not get the shot because of his age we had to all get shots. Well come to think of it Charlie has not got his (naught boy). Well I had to take them by myself which I was not looking forward to since I had a feeling it was not going to be good. Well I warned everyone like always that they were going to get shots about 2 weeks ago. Well Emily has been agonizing over it the whole time. I told them it would really not hurt and it would be quick. Well we get there and Nathan and Ian are first. Ian steps up and not a sound. He is all smiles and great. Well Nathan has to get his in his leg so he cries more from seeing the needle itself than the pain. Next is Amanda and Callah. Well Amanda goes and like Ian not a peep. Callah my normal drama queen is in drama land. She is crying and acting like she is in major pain and all that is going on is the alcohol wipe. So after the threat of not getting to go to an activity that night at school she is back in normalville. She takes her shot and is fine. Well I turn to get Emily and she is in the far corner behind a chair. She is already in tears and fights with everything to not have to go. Once I lift all 50+ pounds to the table she miraculously has to go to the bathroom. I am not about to let her go because I know she is going to run. So with the help of me and 2 nurses holding her down with all our power she gets her shot. Then she is out the door and in the bathroom to cry. She succeed that it did not hurt and that she waaaayyy over reacted. So next year her dad will take her to get her shot needless to say.

Questions and Answers

Well we decided to have a question and answer family home evening. So here are the questions and replies that we received. Some are funny (Amanda's) and some are normal.
Where would you go on vacation if we could go anywhere?
Callah-Myrtle Beach, Emily- Disney World, Amanda-Dollar Tree, Ian- Granny Laura's.
If you could 1 person a gift who would it be?
Callah-Granny Laura, Emily-Mary, Amanda-Santa Claus, Ian- Dad.
If you could have 1 gift for Christmas what would it be?
Callah-TV, Emily-Ipod, Amanda- A Flower, Ian- Diego Play Area

Then we asked what they liked about each other. We did not record all them but here are some I remember.
*Callah- She tries hard, She brushes her hair(Amanda), She plays with me
*Emily- She makes everyone her friend, she lets me play her Nintendo and she brushes her teeth(Amanda)
*Amanda- She is a great cleaner, she does what mom needs her to do, Nothing(Callah)
*Ian- He reminds me of me (Charlie), He reminds me of the Penley's (Tina's family), He plays with me
Nathan- He always smiles, He reminds me of his father
Charlie- He is my dad(Callah), He works hard, He plays with me(Ian)
Mom- she is sweet, she helps me, she cooks
Mason- He smiles at me (everyone)

Well this is our questions and answers