Football, Running, Dyan and Roome's for Thanksgiving, Biltmore ~November 2015


Daddy and Aaron enjoyed a Panther's game in the rain.  Aaron loved it and cheered the whole time.






Audrey continues to make progress although these tricks take lots of arm strength.


The trampoline is always fun right up until the point when they start to fight.  But I'll take any good moments they have together.



Audrey is so happy and proud to wear her brothers panther jersey to school for Panther Day!


Audrey used her own money to purchase a pedicure set at Michael's.  She couldn't wait to soak her feet in the blow up tub with the little soap confetti, use the toe separators, file and paint. I also got the treatment!
 



Happy Thanksgiving! I got to help set up for Audrey's class and the class across from hers Thanksgiving meal. One class represented the pilgrims and the other the Native Americans.  





This beautiful tree is my Aaron's school and he loves it.  Its yellow trees are the brightest we've seen although this picture doesn't do it justice. 



Let Me Run!  Aaron has been training with several of his classmates twice a week to participate in a 5K run with other boys across Charlotte.  Daddy ran with him and although they had to take a few breaks, Aaron did a great job finishing the race!







Look who came to town! We love to have Grammy and Papa come for Thanksgiving. We also love to have her help decorating the Christmas tree. Audrey had a "dress as your favorite character" day at school.  She dressed up as "Pinkalicious"! 


We had an adventure going uptown to see the "Panther Tree" lighting ceremony at the Panther Stadium. Audrey got her face painted and the a fun balloon hat. It was pretty cold so we didn't last too long.







We decided to make some green rice crispy Christmas trees. 


We all had a great time making bracelets. 


Look at this delicious Thanksgiving meal!  It makes me want to have Thanksgiving dinner once a week! So happy to have so much family around.



Papa, Daddy and Aaron set up the traditional Christmas train set.  They added some new tracks this year which make setting up even more adventurous...



I was so happy be able to spend some quality time with Dyan and Kelsey. We made some great memories!



We all took a trip to tour the Biltmore Mansion and its gorgeous grounds and surrounding area. We started at an old village nearby and stepped back in time.  We also happened to run into the "real" Santa.  Audrey saw his real mustache and that was that!




We got to play some games that children played when the mansion was first built.  We also played in the school house.












We toured inside the mansion but couldn't take any pictures.








We saw lots of beautiful rooms and especially loved the Christmas decorations!!



Aaron was very impressed with the big staircase and the chandelier, or maybe I was and just had him stand in the picture. 






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