A very Happy Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, we made the trip to Jacksonville to visit Grandma and Paw Paw Gilbert, Daisy, and Granny. After watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and the Westminster Dog Show (yea for the great dane!), we ate a wonderful dinner (thanks Mom!). After cleanup was complete, we celebrated Danny's birthday a little early as this was the kickoff to his birthday trip to Disney. He got some cool stuff,

 

 

 

and we all got some big hugs from him.

Then, we all went over to visit Granny for Thanksgiving. We got to sit with her in the sunroom (at night) and Danny tried his hand at taking pictures. After several attempts, he got some decent shots.

Oops, I meant this one...

Then I took over, and got some of the kids with their Great-Granny

and with their grandparents.



 It was a special day for us all.

Awesome Job, Danny!

Last night, Danny attended the belt test ceremony at his karate studios and received his blue belt. He has worked so hard for this one - he's moving up and the level of difficulty has increased exponentially over the last. Here are some pics from the event.

We are so proud of you, Danny!

Thanksgiving lunch with Daddy!

Today was the annual Thanksgiving lunch with parents at Danny's school. Danny begged and begged for his dad to go with him for one reason - "Daddy doesn't make him eat his green beans." Here they are, having a great time together...

No beans! Just wait...I'll be there next year!

North Florida Fair, 2012

The Greek Food Festival was the beginning of a very busy weekend of karate, haircuts, retirement parties (Congratulations, Jack!), church, and finally, the North Florida Fair!

We go to the fair every year, not to experience the expensive and oh-so-dangerous rides, but to eat corn dogs, tacos, kettle corn, funnel cakes and other delicious fair treats. George always loves to get good shots of the food, and here are just a few.

We also go to feed the animals in the petting zoo. The kids love to feed them carrots, this year sponsored by the Vets.

I love carrots!

After the petting zoo, we visited the county booths, and then the cattle area where the 4H groups were showing their dairy cows. My boys enjoyed the show.

We also visited the other animals, and our favorites were definitely the baby goats.

 

 

Awww!

Then, Zachary made a beeline for the carnival games, where he played two different "Guess my age" games and won both times!

No, he is not 13, but I guess looking young does have its perks!  In all we had a great time, and the kids got to be just plain silly for a little while.

When the sky looked like it would open up on us, we headed out.

The kids fit in one more round of silliness before we left.

I love these kids!