Here are a "few" pictures of our Thanksgiving in LaFayette with my family. We had a great time visiting my parents, my brother & sister-in-law, and our precious niece Kayla. I don't have time to write too much about these, but I wanted to get them up before it was time to start taking Christmas pictures!
Lily found something she really enjoyed while we were there: a box of legos! These were the medium sized ones--too big for her to choke on, but not so big that she couldn't pick them up. She would pull a few out, then dump the entire box over. I don't know what was more fun for her--the blocks themselves, or getting to pour them out.

She also really enjoyed having people get down in the floor and play Legos with her!

The deck behind my parent's house is lizard heaven. We must have seen a dozen while we were there. I think that the colder weather had made them a little sluggish, because we were able to catch quite a few of them. Lydia and Nathan treated theirs like pets. Nathan named his lizard Charlie and Lydia named hers Lucy.

This looks like a touching mother-daughter moment, but that big grin on Lily's face is because she is about to reach out an yank a huge handful of my hair!

After Thanksgiving dinner, we decided to risk getting shot and go for a walk through the woods. Lydia put on Uncle Dave's old hunting vest so that no one would mistake her for a deer.

Gidget is pretty sure that no one is going to mistake her for a deer.

Matt might try to pretend he's not an Auburn fan, but he can't hide his true allegiance!

The great explorer leads the way!

When I was only a little older than Nathan, my parents would take David and me on walks through the woods. There were huge old hickory trees and massive rocks near the branch that was miles behind our house. I noticed on this walk that the branch wasn't quite as far back as it used to be. The hickory trees were big, but not the enormous trees that I remembered. The rocks seem to have shrunk over the years as well.
I noticed as we walked that Nathan kept a firm grip on my hand and a close eye on his surroundings. I can only hope that he was seeing the woods the way that I had seem them when I was his age.

David was determined to play football after we ate lunch. He finally talked Daddy into playing, while Matt and Lydia played Frisbee.

Then it was back inside for a wrestling match.

The day AFTER Thanksgiving is a big shopping day for a lot of people, but not for us. We had something else on our minds...Auburn football.


Nathan is ready for the Iron Bowl!

Cousin Kayla is ready for the Iron Bowl!

Lily is ready for the Iron Bowl!

Matt and I are ready for the Iron Bowl, too! As it turned out, so were the Auburn Tigers! The only thing that could have made that game any better would have been a win for Auburn.

And last, but certainly not least: The Thanksgiving special at our local grocery store. I used to think that nothing could be worse than having ham for Thanksgiving instead of turkey, but apparently, there is something much, much worse!