Cousins are SO much fun!

We had such a fun weekend with my cousins who came for a visit. We packed a lot in over just a weekend. Some of the highlights were frying some turkeys for dinner...

going to Martha Lou's for lunch! This is soul food and Meghan had seen it written up in the New Yorker. I had never been there myself so we were all in for a treat!

We were sad to see them go. We had the best weekend. Not even Tripp's latest episode of falling on his teeth could put a damper on the weekend.

Falling on his teeth you ask? Yes, he and Juliette were running for the front door and Tripp slipped and met the floor. His two front teeth pushed up into his gums and pushed back giving him an under-bite. We quickly called the Dentist who met us at his office where he pulled the teeth back down and pushed them forward. Yup, not a pleasant experience at all. The good news is though that the Dentist is confident with his age, the two teeth will not die and he should be able to keep them. Hence his swollen lip in the picture. 

'Tis the Season for the 2nd Christmas tree

Our evening was SO much fun! We went to the Christmas tree farm on the island and picked out the perfect tree for us!

We got the tree in the stand and that was about all for the evening!

Juliette came squawking into the kitchen to let us know something happened to Tripp! Nothing happened to Tripp just exhaustion! All the work of getting the tree in and the holidays flat wore him out!

Shhh... let's sneak out and fish!

Don had a free afternoon so we took no time to decide to sneak out and fish!

Our little co-captain came to fish with us! Life could not be better for this little guy! A boat, the sun, some fish and a GATORADE! 

We got on a few fish and had a super fun day!

The Captain and the co-Captain!

Let's head to Ul'Nanny's house for some Christmas cheer

Ul'Nanny asked the kiddies to come and join him and help put his tree up! The kids had a ball as they always do over there. 

Ashley Bell is singing some Christmas carols while we shoot some pictures!

Ul'Nanny and his four niece and nephews!

Tripp thought he was hiding behind Ul'Nanny's couch and we couldn't see him so he didn't have to leave. He is hilarious!

Thanksgiving with friends and family

It was a wonderful day filled with family and friends!

And for this I am thankful!

I hope everyone enjoyed some delicious turkey and dressing!

"Oh Christmas Tree oh Christmas Tree..."

Well really we call this the Thanksgiving tree. It always comes out the week before Thanksgiving when we are preparing for all of our guests. This year there will be 20 for dinner. It is always so much fun!

You can't believe all of the assistance I get! So much assistance that we would like to both be on the ladder at the same time!

Tyler was so into the spirit. His brother... not so much. He was tired and went to bed! He could hardly finish his dinner!

Tyler was sure to let us know that he had some lights he was sure that we could use. 

And my sweet girl got to put the final touches on the tree with the ribbon wrapping around the tree. She was thrilled!

Juliette's first football game

What a blast! We went to our annual Carolina Gamecocks game. This time Juliette got to join us with her little friend Alex. It has been a tough year for us Cocks fans but none the less we had a blast!

With this excitement and dance you would think they won the game?

That is a negative... the Citadel beat us...

That meant nothing to Juliette and she cheered the whole time!

Good times with my girl!