Saturday, November 27, 2010

Thanksgiving in New Bern

We had a great Thanksgiving getaway at Mike's parents' house in New Bern. The weather was beautiful for a few days (mild, sunny) and then turned rainy (perfect for shopping) and cold (perfect for traveling). :)  We did all the familiar activities and loved every moment of it.  We had an amazing Thanksgiving feast prepared by Bob & Peggy.  It was perfect.  I am so thankful for family.
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Our attempt at a family picture (self timer).  Perfect example of why 2:30pm has terrible lighting for photos.  Its all of us, though, so I love it anyway.  :)
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New Bern is celebrating its 300th year this year, so all around town are painted bears to celebrate. We picked up some maps at the visitors center and found as many as we could.
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We also played around near the water. We fed the ducks (those pics are still on my camera, so they'll come in another post), played tag, and the boys put on a show for us.
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We went to the playground, played on the equipment (no pics), played soccer (no pics) and drew with chalk.
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(griffin asked me to spell elephant for him)

Noah learned to ride a 2-wheeler!! (Better pics coming this week)
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Oh, and did I mention that Noah lost his 2 bottom teeth last month? :)  LOTS to be thankful for!
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5 comments:

Tricia Williams said...

such great family time. you guys did a lot. love the leaves shots--it's funny how much kids love throwing leaves all of themselves. pure joy. the family shots turned out pretty good considering the early afternoon harsh light. surprised the background's not blown out more.
great letter writing, griffin--wow! love the gap-toothed grin--i hope there are more shots on that...how often do you get all 4 front teeth missing at once?? and awesome job on the bike, noah--can't wait to tell jack. we'll have to have a bike-riding playdate at a park sometime.
p.s. no matter how many times i refresh i can't get the 2nd shot to load. probably on my end.

kate's corner said...

those leave pics are awesome. go noah on the bike. how fun finding bears! love love "elephant." impressive! yes, my 2nd shot doesn't load either by the by.

thewee1andme2 said...

love the leaves - love the bears - love the "miles rocks" in chalk. miss you guys so much!

Anonymous said...

love the throw leaves photos. such a great childhood memory to capture. noah learning 2 wheeler is huge and that fact he has missing two front and bottom teeth is too cute. your boys are growing up **sniff sniff**.

Emily Busath Murdock said...

LOVE the leaves photos! So cute and so perfect! :)
Actually you've never taken a picture I didn't love :)