Nana and Papa took us to a motel one night so the kids could go swimming... seems like we've done a lot of that this winter! Payton loves the water....It makes us forget how cold it is outside!  Grandma Grace and Aunt Betty came too...it was really special....the kids had a great time with Betty which was great since it will be another 5 years till they see her again! Payton said today he really missed Aunt Betty and Grandma Grace!

Better late than never.... isn't that what they say? I realized that I still didn't even have Thanksgiving pictures up and it is January... oops!

My whole family met at Donald and mama's for Thanksgiving this year.... Was a very special time b/c Betty was still home from Bolivia on her yearly visit!  We had a wonderful time with lots of food , family time and were greatly entertained by the kids! 

Here's a few of the pics from our week together...

Just a few more of the kids ☺

     

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Most of you probably won't want to bore yourselves with all of this....you can just skip to the pics if you want☺

Payton and I went to NC in October for 2 weeks while Daddy was busy harvesting at home!  We had a fabulous time but of course it would have been even better if Daddy could have been there!!  We got there just in time for Gracie's 5th B-day party which was lots of fun!   We did a LOT of shopping (imagine that☺) and Payton loved it because we ended up going to a zillion different playlands☺We'd go shopping for awhile and then hit the playland, then the snacks, then some shopping, then some rides, and on and on...☺  We went to the pumpkin patch where Gracie and Payton had tons of fun pretending the pumpkins were footballs!  Hopefully he won't remember that part next year if we go  early enough in the year that there are still good pumpkins left!  It's becoming a tradition to be in NC for Halloween which has been a lot of fun!  Last year Gracie was supergirl and Payton superman...this year they were both pirates! They had a very fun and busy day.  Started out at Gracie's preschool where she had her halloween party...Gracie invited Payton to come and she shared all her treats with him....it was so cute☺ Next we went for lunch and playtime before we went to a costume parade and party in the park.  Was cute to see all the little ones in their costumes parading down the street holding out their bags☺They had all kinds of fun at the party in the park...they played games, musical bales, "bobbing" for apples, face painting and got to pick out what kind of cookie and color of sprinkles they wanted ... and then they decorated it for the kids...then we went home for a quick nap and into costumes again and out trick-or-treating☺ We walked and walked and walked....they were great sports...just kept on going ☺Then of course we had to have a little bit of their loads of candy from the day and then tried to call it a night ☺  My Sista and Sandra took me out for my bday the next day to the Cheesecake Factory...my favorite!!!  We had a very fun night! Gracie and Payton went to a place called Screamin' Mimi's where they had a blast! I took Payton there several times while we were in NC so I would have a chance to catch up with some old friends..a day of pampering and shopping with Esther, a dinner catching up with SheaShea, etc...  We had lots of fun times around their house too...the kids played and played and my sista and I talked and talked ♡  Chris and Sandra had us all over for dinner one night....fun to be there again too!  Ok, so I could go on and on but I guess I've written enough so at least I won't forget what happened...that is why I need to start writing on here more!