Christmas!

We had a lot going on in December besides our vacation to NY and PA. The kids had parties at school. The middle school took the kids to Bounce U for a special field trip and the Kindergarten and 1st grades were taken to Chuck e Cheese. I finished up my first semester in school. Curtis had taken weekly guitar lessons the first semester of school and he got the chance to show what he had learned during chapel in early December. Emily was in the school Christmas play. And ofcourse there were Christmas celebrations! Curtis and Emily were out of school for two weeks. We baked cookies and fudge, did a lot of shopping together and they mostly hung out together. They return to school Jan 3rd.

Curtis playing guitar in chapel at First Assembly School on December 7th

Emily as a sheep in the school play December 14th

A few pictures from Christmas eve at dad and Donna's and our house on Christmas day. Baby Will and mammaw Donna.

our house Christmas morning

my moms house on December 29th.

New York Vacation

We took a trip to Pennsylvania and New York in mid-December. We visited New York City, Philadelphia, Long Island. Went by to see Brian and Nona in Sea Cliff.

We visited some museums and tourist spots....just a few: Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Museum of Natural History, Central Park Zoo, NBC store, Ground zero, Seaport Museum in PA, the liberty bell, Aquarium in New Jersey, Long Beach and Atlantic beach on Long Island. Curtis and Emily enjoyed riding in the taxi cabs and on the subway. We did a lot of walking and sitting in traffic. We ate a lot of good food at quite a few restaurants.





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Curtis birthday party

Curtis had his 12th birthday party at Pizza Hut.

Corn Maze

We went to a corn maze in Meadows of Dan, Virginia today. We also went to a Bluegrass Festival in Stuart, Virginia and had some good food and heard good music.

Baa Moo Farm

Curtis picking the one and only pumpkin we grew in our yard this year. We didn't plant it on purpose.

Emily's Class visited Baa Moo Farm in Olin, NC today. She gathered eggs, milked a cow, took a wagon ride, fed a calf, and picked a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.