It's a Bird!

Ready? Set! Go!

...and this is where HJ stopped short of doing another belly flop. What a mischievous look!

We Gave Thanks and Raked Leaves

Since The Daddy and I got married in 2002, my father, Poppy and brother, Matt typically have joined us for Thanksgiving at my in-laws' house. This year it was a smaller crowd, but a thankful one!

This turkey makes me smile!

This one didn't eat much, but she smiled a whole lot.

This turkey raked leaves for the girls to play in.

It was almost just as fun to gather the leaves.

My turkey self just snapped away, enjoying the cold Georgia air.

AE carried this big leaf around the whole time we were outside.

HJ helped make the pile bigger with The Crazy Dog not far behind.

She landed IN the leaves often!

But AE continued to make the pile bigger,

preferring to be "in charge" rather than be a "jumper."

Here they are working together, like good sisters do.

BELLY FLOP!

The ONE time AE joined HJ in the pile.

With loads to be thankful for, we gathered together and spoke to far away loved ones on the phone, wishing they were close by. Love to all!

Floors Before and A List

Parquet:

No Way!

The new flooring should be in by the first week in December. Hooray! And then we'll move in after that! Wahooooo!

The Daddy and I are Georgia-bound tomorrow. The girls and I are staying with Nana and Papa for almost two weeks. The following two weeks will include the following:

• Driving a long way
• Eating mass quantities
• Hugging
• Kissing
• Loving on each other
• Eating
• Visiting friends
• Playing
• Watching movies
• Watching football
• Praying for Auburn to Beat Bama!
• Seeing Santa
• Riding The Pink Pig
• Hugging
• Kissing
• Worshipping at our old church
• Shopping for all our Christmas presents
• Attending the women's Christmas brunch
• Touring Historic homes decorated for the holidays
• Viewing New Moon with girlfriends
• Hugging
• Eating Mexican food with girlfriends
• Visiting and playing with our Georgia friends
• Seeing The Nutcracker (just us girls with Nana!)
• Hugging
• Kissing
• Waving goodbye!
• Driving a long way home

I only wish The Daddy was staying the whole time with us, but I guess his job IS important, too!

We're so thankful for how far we've come with our move, our friends and family! See y'all in a few weeks. I MAY NOT post while we're in Georgia. We'll see...

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, (you know where this is going...)

Sunday we went to the Magic Kingdom.

Monday we chilled at home.

Tuesday we picked out new hardwood flooring:

Hickory. Distressed. Rustic. Pretty.

The Crazy Dog will only make these more beautiful!

Wednesday we chilled at home.

Thursday we ate turkey:

The Daddy came back in town for the Thanksgiving Feast:

Mama made it, too:

This is Miss Allison:

Art gallery via the 4-year-old kids:

This is Miss Melanie:

Can you tell AE LOVES school and her teachers?

Friday we did a walk through while the girls played in the yard.

HJ having fun by the BIG oak!

On our way to the closing:

Today we met up with the contractor and gave our blessing to begin demo on the AWESOME and ORIGINAL parquet floors.

Then we headed to Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore to pick up some paint samples. I have no idea where these chips will send me. The looney bin, I suppose. However, I did get a little help from my friends on Twitter and Facebook. Good for something, that social media!

I also got help from these two ladies because I'm looking for a beautiful blue: The Nester and Katie Harrington. Go see them. Beauty abounds.

Because I'm Out of Words...

I've been working a post about the rest of our time at Disney THREE weeks ago, and I'll post that later, but in the meantime, here's the rest of the blog-worthy photos: