Best Turkey Day Ever!

I'm so sad Turkey Day is over! It was the best long weekend! The house seems eerily quiet now that everyone is gone. I loved having the full house. We had lots of fun going to the lake, riding 4 wheelers, decorating gingerbread houses (my team won woohoo!), Riding the Santa Express, and of course eating lots of turkey!

It was so great to have my Mom, Ed, Michael, and Daniel here. We kept everyone very busy! Savannah loved seeing her uncles, she can be such a flirt. They were so good with her. She stayed very busy showing them all her toys and dances. I hope our next visit is very soon. Grandpa Ed and Nana had a great time spoiling Savannah as well. She sure loves and miss them a ton.

We really loved riding the Santa Express on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, it was a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. It started out with  someone telling us a story about Santa missing the train to the North Pole, and sure enough we saw Santa on the side of the tracks waving. Savannah waved hello and was really excited to see him, it was precious. Then they had us sing "Santa Clause is coming to town" which happens to be Savannahs favorite song, she clapped along. Then suddenly he appeared on our train car! We were in the perfect spot because Savannah was the first to get to see him! He gave out these magical sleigh bells and candy canes and of course lots of hugs. It was super cute. I admit I totally got teary eyed when Santa came on. I remember how much I loved Santa when I was a kid. Santa's buddies also made an appearance on the train, Savannah loved Rudolph's blinky nose. It was such a magical experience. We'll definitely do that every year!
Here is a video link of Savannah seeing Santa for the first time on the train.



I hosted Thanksgiving again and we had 18 people come over! It was SOOOO MUCH easier with Mom and Eds help along with Kevins amazing rotisserie Turkey on the grill. Savannah loved all the turkey sides, and she was quick to learn how to hijack things off the table...like tortilla chips. Ha! We were stuffed of course and quickly fell asleep on the couch watching football. Turkey has a way of doing that.

Enjoy our pics from a truly wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

Love,
The Palmers

Lights! Christmas! Action!

Another wonderful weekend here in Calhoun! We had a little more of a wintery/fall mix of weather but we weren't complaining. We got some Christmas shopping done, put lights up on the house,  and played in the leaves! I'm so happy this is a short week, I can't wait for all the fam to arrive!

Love,
The Palmers

Only in the Country...

We had a great weekend basking in the unexpected heat. We had highs of 75, IN NOVEMBER! It was so nice to spend time outside. I decorated the house for Christmas. I know I know it's early but we have Nana, Grandpa Ed, Michael, and Daniel here for Thanksgiving and I wanted everything to be festive! We had to get some new ornaments for the tree since our old ones are glass. I just knew the first thing Savannah would do would be to pick an ornament off the tree and throw it. Sure thing, that's what she did. These are plastic so it just bounced across the hard wood floors thankfully.
We went to Adam and JTs football game on Friday night, BRRRR was it cold. But we made into the 2nd Quarter this time! Savannah loves her #99 sweatshirt, GO ADAM! On Sunday we went to take the trash down to the road. Yes this is an actual event...so I took my camera. Random I know. It just so happened they were plowing the soy beans across the street from our house. The tractor kicked up dust that created the neatest glow in the sunset. I ended up getting some amazing pics of Savannah and her Daddy. Only in the country can you walk across the street to see a combine plowing soy beans...lol. I LOVE IT! Oh and in the last pic, yes that is a snake in Savannahs hand. It's dead, obviously run over a few times by our cars, but it still creeped me out.
Savannah just seems to be growing up so fast, talking ALL the time. She now uses 3 word combos. My favorite is "you sit down" when she wants you to sit next to her. She can clearly say all the dogs names, but still has a clear favorite in marley. Every morning she comes downstairs asking "where's maweee?" then she'll proceed to mimic things I must do each morning. Like saying "Lady you eat" and point to her bowl. She still loves Blue's Clues, and Choo Choo's. We've gotten her some Thomas movies because she loves them so much. She loves to eat, and is doing it all by herself. However, we're still trying to convince her that ketchup is a condiment and not an actual food. She slurps it up then asks for "mo". Lots of fun things going on here. Can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! So happy to have everyone here in Calhoun! Oh and its someones special day today!! Happy Birthday Mom!We love you!!!
Until next week!
Love,
The Palmers