Thanksgiving...

My wife is a great lady. She was up before dawn cooking Thursday and prepared food for about 15 people all by herself. We had turkey, stuffing, and all the traditional dishes plus 4 or 5 different deserts. By the time I finished eating I felt like I would bust.

I tried to take a quick nap but Molly beat me to the bed!

Seriously though, it was great having all the kids together again and spending time just talking and cutting up.

When we all felt a little rested we decided to head over to my grandparents' house to visit. Nearly everyone from my side of the family was there, even some I had not seen for a long time. The babies have grown up and the kids are now teens. Man time can get away from you if you don't stop and look around occasionally.

Howdy Howdy Howdy...

Last weekend, Joy and I went to a B&B in the mountains and it was nice. Turns out the owner is a gourmet chef. While the Bed part was great, the Breakfast part was worth the money.

The cabin was right on top of a mountain so we had a spectacular view of the sunrise and the sunset (and we watched them both). We spent the days driving around Banner Elk and Boone.

Not much else has been going on the last few weeks. Been busy with school and stuff. I have not really been posting because nothing major is going on. Jessica got her permit this week. I guess that's kinda big news. :-)

I've been thinking about expanding this blog to include some of the funny/weird/strange things I find while surfing the internet. I promise to keep it SFW (but just barely). Any thoughts? Let me know.

Super Mike...

http://www.makemesuper.com/r.php?i=1_a93d2-171414-m-Mike

I was as surprised as you...

I baked you a cake, but we eated it...

We had two birthdays in the family this week. Landon is the oldest and just turned 23 two days ago and Jessica turns 15 today. We have always tried to keep the two birthdays separate and to keep the birthdays separate from Halloween. This means two parties, two cakes, etc.

I guess the next thing is to take Jessica to get her driving permit...

Volunteering...

Sometimes, when you offer to do something to help someone else out, it works out and sometimes it doesn't. Well, I volunteered for a program at a local elementary school to have breakfast with a student once a week. And I am certainly glad I did.

My breakfast buddy is a fourth grader and Friday was my first time meeting him. We sat and ate cereal and chatted. He likes Star Wars (who doesn't? :-)) and has a small dog named Sally. He's a really cool kid! I'm be joining him for breakfast every Friday for the rest of this year.