When we picked them up from the airport Sunday & brought them back to the house, it had been snowing most of the morning, there was about an inch of snow on everything & it was still coming down. When we got up Monday morning, there was a little more snow & the temperature wasn't supposed to get above freezing all day. Olivia went to school & Eric went to work. Around lunch, the post commander shut down post & sent everyone home, so we went & got Olivia out of school early when Eric came home. We all got bundled up & played in the snow for a while. By this time, it had been really coming down all day & there was a nice, soft, powdery 3-inch cover on everything.
Tuesday, school was cancelled due to road conditions. It had snowed more the night before & temps were in the 20s. Wednesday was more of the same- no school for Olivia & white stuff everywhere. Mom & I spent the day cooking our (Wednesday night) Thanksgiving meal. Olivia & Jacob went to see "Mega Mind". We had a great dinner: Dr. Pepper basted turkey, cornbread dressing, gravy, mashed sweet potatoes w/ cinnamon & sugar apples, baby lima beans, broccoli casserole, rolls, cranberry sauce, sweet tea, pumpkin-chai cheesecake w/ caramel-rum sauce & pecan pie!!!
Thursday, Eric, Jacob & Olivia went to Chrystal Mountain to go skiing & snowboarding. Olivia got a lesson on skiing & got to ride a snowmobile. Eric took some pics for me with a water proof camera. I'll get those up once they're developed. Jacob made a new canine friend. ;) Mom, Adelle & I stayed at the house to get some packing done. Yeah... We packed some... We watched the Macy's Parade (USM's band- The Pride of Mississippi- marched). There was also some football-watching & napping taking place... But, hey- that's tradition, right?! That night, Eric & Jacob went to Toys 'R' Us to the "doors-open-at-10am-for-crazy-people" sale. They stood in line OUTSIDE for an hour & a half and then stood in the checkout line INSIDE for an hour & a half. Got the last one on the shelf of what we wanted.
Friday, Mom, Olivia & I went shopping for a while. Made a few small purchases. We weren't going for any of the "big-ticket" items. Later, we played some Apples-to-Apples & watched USM play football.
Saturday, we had to take them back to the airport. Boo. Roxy went with her Meme. She was so excited.
We really did have a nice visit. We got some packing done (& I've done a little more since then). Our countdown is now at 35 days. Crazy.
Anyway, I just wanted to share our Thanksgiving. I hope you all had a nice one as well.
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