The Robersons: Turkey is nice, Gaylord ICE!

We did Thanksgiving at Alex and Laura's new house this year. It was great. The food was plentiful and yummy! Although, Laura and I burned the rolls......TWICE......but that' ok. There were plenty of carbs elsewhere to make up for it. Alex cooked the bird and did a great job! My Alex and Ruby played a bit and we didn't leave until Alex just couldn't stand being sweet anymore and broke down in tears from not having a nap.

Allen and I's second Thanksgiving was in Arkansas, where Allen's family is. While I can say there is not much to do when we are there, I can also say there is never a dull moment! I love going because Allen's grandmother and Uncle live on some land out by magnolia, AR and there are always animals out there. Typically, there always cats and kittens, but this year, we had dogs! My favorite stray dog ever, I named her MagPie was there this year. She was a brindle hound dog and obviously had previously been some one's sweet girl. I could tell she had just had puppies although they were nowhere in sight. So I grew to love MagPie alot. She and Chopper played and played and I gave serious consideration to bringing her home to stay with us. But then I had visions of taking her to the vet to get her all checked out and they come back and tell me she had heart worms or something horrible. Allen like MagPie too, but in the end, we left her there. Truthfully, she is probably happier where she is! Besides MagPie, there was what I call a little herd of JRTs. Some were full bred and some were mixed, but they were all cute. So we had a good time in AR and came home on Sunday.

We also went to The Gaylord's ICE display again this year. We went last year and it was a nightmare, so this year we went early in the season on a Sunday morning and waddya know, we walked right in. No lines! Last year's theme was the Grinch, and this year was A Charlie Brown Christmas. I was not really blown away by it this year. I think Whoville just gave them more to work with the Charlie. The Grinch display had colors and things everywhere. Charlie Brown was a little...........eh...... pictures below to save you the trouble. I know that room is going to be cold when I go in there, but darnit! I even brought gloves this year and my hands were hurting by the time we got out. last year Alex was neither thrilled nor upset about it. this year, he was unhappy from the moment we stepped in until the moment he stepped out (which makes the $25/head we paid toooooootally worth it).

Charlie and Snoopy's house