Thanksgiving Family get together

artwork by Scout

 Recipe for a family Thanksgiving:
- One large house - 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, hot tub, 4 TV's, one large kitchen with a larger table, one ping pong table, 2 DVD players,
- One daughter and son-in-law driving from Virginia
- One daughter and son-in-law driving from Florida
- One college student son from Idaho on an airplane
- Two grandparents driving from Texas (good thing we enjoy road trips)
- 6 grandchildren, ages 9 to 1
- The Outer Banks of North Carolina
- tons of food, movies, books, puzzels, snacks and more snacks, lots of Diet Coke
- 4 computers, 5 I-Pads, numerous cell phones
- one mid-night power failure that thankfully only lasted several hours.  Non flush-able toilets and 5 children...... HELP!!!
Flavor with love, laughter and patience
Bake for one week with windy chilly weather.

view from our dining rooms window

Currituck Lighthouse

 Outer Banks Center for Outdoor Education.
Future Duck hunters?  Complete with a stuffed black lab just like Rio! 

 Remember those pillow I made in September? These smiles and happy kids made all the computer hassles well worth it.

 North Carolina Aquarium on nearby Roanoke Island

Doctoring a pretend sick sea turtle.

 After Thanksgiving dinner, we asked the kids what they were thankful for, and Zach said, "the hot tub!" Gotta love his honesty.

We sure love these wonderful silly kids!

Two wonderful amazing vigilant Moms

 We enjoyed one beautiful sunny day on the beach. 

Atlantic Ocean 1, Ellie 0

Katy

Alex

 We were excited to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial at nearby Kitty Hawk. The brothers flew that first airplane in 1903; truly amazing to think that just 18 years later, a team of Americans flew those new flaggled airplanes around the world! 

The famous latch hook rug project that everyone worked on

Uncle Alex and Gracie