A Month of Thanksgiving - November 2007

This has been a great season. We had some church friends over on my 34th birthday and went to the park with their twins. Brinson had a sliding contest with daddy but my camera had low battery so they didn't turn out very well. The leaves changed colors late this Fall and it has been unseasonably warmer than usual...but still cold compared to some places. We enjoyed a day of leaf raking and playing in the piles. I remember my G-MA/PA McInturff raking leaves for me to fall in and I wanted to have Brinson experience that same kind of fun memory...He was so funny and enjoyed every bit of it! Michelle came to visit with her boyfriend George. I drove in to DC and told them I could almost guarantee that we would get lost...AND, we did! This time I didn't end up in Maryland and it was only 30 minutes extra. Many Thanks to George for the map navigation in the back seat...YAHOO! My usual exit was blocked off due to Veteran's Day Parades in DC...so I found a new way to get to Penn. Ave....so we did a drive by of the Ford's Theater and then parked on the back side of the Capitol. It was a great mishap! Went to Ohio for Thanksgiving with my sister and her family. It was good to see all the boys actually playing with each other. Troy was very good to Brinson. Cole was still not used to Brinson being old enough to take his toys...so they struggled a bit but still had a good time. We helped trim the tree, had a singing competition with Brooke's play station 2 "American Idol" video...very cool and lots of fun! Bo looked up what Cleveland had to offer and planned a small site seeing adventure for the day we were coming home. So it just so happened to be the very weekend that they were having the Christmas Story convention with Ralphie look-alike contest, red rider gun target practice and actors signing autographs etc. We went downtown Cleveland to the house where "A CHRISTMAS STORY" was filmed in the Tremont area. Some guy bought it a few years back and we overheard someone say that the house looked much better this year and it had more furnishings. It was a low budget film, so the memorabilia is limited... but it was still fun. YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT!