Thanksgiving

Well, today is Thanksgiving Day! It seems like we have been anticipating this day in the Kelsey household for quite sometime now. We made it to Oklahoma yesterday, safely, after about 13 1/2 driving hours. We did stop and spend the night and the kids were EXCELLENT in the car!
We are going over to Paul's aunt and uncle's house today for lunch and then everyone will come over here later to celebrate cousin Andrew's and Addi's birthdays! Addi is very excited!
I'm not going to try to list everything I'm thankful for today. I hope that all of our Alabama family knows that we miss them and we are thankful for them daily! We are extra thankful this year to spend some time with Paul's family because it has been 8 months since we have seen them!
My love to everyone back home!

New Blog

Check out my sister-in-law Katie's blog! Yes, I have to sisters-in-law named Katie- this is Katie Courington, my brother's wife and "Hannah's Mommy."

The Iron Bowl

Well, today is the IRON BOWL- for those of you outside the state of Alabama, today is the biggest day of the year in Alabama football. It doesn't matter who has what kind of record, even if both teams haven't had the best season, this game is all that matters! At about 2:3o this afternoon most Alabamians who aren't fortunate to go to the game will be glued to their televisions, including me. Alabama and Auburn will face off for bragging rights for another year. Being raised an Auburn fan, I will be cheering for the orange and blue! No, I'm not going to cry any tears if Auburn loses, but I will be happy if they win!
Paul and Addi have gone to Billy and Mary's to watch the game with my family. I decided to stay home so Levi can get his normal afternoon nap. Plus, I wouldn't really get to watch the game over there for having to chase Levi everywhere! Also, we are going to Rachel and Ben's for Thanksgiving dinner and I need to do a little cooking this afternoon during the game.
Well, that's all for now. I'll post my "Thanksgiving" blog later! We are leaving for Oklahoma on
Tuesday and I might not post again until we get there! Pray we have a safe and noneventful trip!

Update: Auburn wins 22-15! That makes five years in a row!! WARRRRRRR EAGLE!!!!

Happy Birthday!

I won't have the computer at home tomorrow, so I'm posting this a couple of hours early. Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world- MY MOM!

Christmas Picture

We took the kids- Addi, Levi, and Hannah to Portrait Innovations today to get their Christmas pictures made. We were there quite a while and it was quite a challenge! Getting Levi to sit down was hard enough, much less getting all three to look at the camera and smile at the same time! Considering all the factors, I think we got some pretty good shots! Hope you enjoy!

Lovely Weekend

I had a lovely weekend! First of all, I know I didn't post any Halloween pictures, but you can see one of Paul and the kids on Paul's Blog.
Friday, Rachel hosted "girls night in" at her house. We ate taco soup (way too much of it) and sat and talked for hours. It was nice. I managed to go without either of the kids. Addi went to the Pleasant Grove football game and Paul kept Levi.
Saturday, Rachel, Emily, Pam, Katie, Hannah, Addi and I went to Christmas Village at the BJCC. It's an arts and crafts show and it's huge! We walked for about 6 hours! My legs were aching at the end of the day! Addi was excited because she got to see Santa. She only asked for two things- a time-out chair and a guitar. Santa kinda chuckled on the time-out chair and asked her if she would use it a lot to which she replied "yes!" Paul's theory is that she thinks if she gets a time-out chair (which she saw in the ABC catalog) she won't get any more spankings! (Which she hardly ever gets anyway) The picture above is from Christmas Village. I haven't been able to scan the one of her and Santa, but hopefully will later. I did get several Christmas presents bought today so that was good!
When I got home last night I realized Levi was running a fever of about 102.6. I'm afraid he may have a sinus infection or ear infection. He keeps grabbing his face and one of his ears. We'll probably go visit Dr. Smith tomorrow. His fever seems to have broken so it may have just been a virus. We'll see how he's feeling in the morning.
We started a gospel meeting this morning at church. Paul stayed with Levi since I teach cradle roll and his class was meeting in the auditorium anyway.
This afternoon Addi and I went to Disney on Ice. Grammy and PaPa bought our tickets for Addi's birthday! Thanks, Grammy and PaPa! We got our tickets with our friends Emily, Pam, and Xander (who Addi says is her very best friend). Addi had a blast, but covered her eyes at the "scary parts" like pinnochio being swallowed by a HUGE whale, the sharks in Nemo, the beast, and the fighting in Mulan. The picture below (although you can't even tell where we are) is from Disney on Ice today.

Since Christmas Village, I'm starting to get in the holiday spirit!!! We are really looking forward to spending some time with Paul's family in Oklahoma for Thanksgiving and then we'll be spending the Christmas holidays in sweet home Alabama!
Hope you all have a great week!! (if anyone's even reading this)