Thanksgiving Break 2008

We had a wonderful time this thanksgiving break! Andy and I were lucky enough to have work off and be home with the girls. We had lots of fun things planned for our week together.

Wednesday
The girls got to spend a fun day shopping with Grandma Cersey while Andy and I got to have an afternoon together with some friends. We headed over and picked up Brooke and Justin who were in town visiting for Thanksgiving and then over to Megan and Lee's new house. We all got in our car and went up to Atlantic Station to Dialog in the dark. It is an hour long tour in the complete darkness. The purpose of this tour is to give one an awareness of what it is like to be a blind person. Each tour is guided by a legally blind person. We had a great guide. Our guides name was Peter. He was so impressed with our group and the way we could recognize our surroundings that he began to call us his A+ students. Thanks Lee for leading the way. As for Peter and his story of blindness, he has only been blind for about 2 years. 2 years ago he was perfectly fine and lost his vision unexpectedly. The tour was an awesome experience. It was very neat to try and understand what it might be like to be blind.

Then we got to go have a fun time at the Cheesman's for a pie night. It's always great to spend time with old friends.
 

Thursday- Thanksgiving Day

Today we spent the morning relaxing around the house. It was nice to sleep in for a change. At noon we went to mom and dad's for some yummy homemade soup. We cooked all afternoon and the rest of the family showed up around 5:00. Our dinner was very tasty.

 

Grandma has a grandkid tree in the basement that the kids get to decorate each year on thanksgiving. They always enjoy this and grandma always has a small gift for them to open. We had a fun time just being together as a family.

 

Friday

Today was so much fun. We got up early and had breakfast at mom and dad's and then we all packed in the cars for a 2 hour drive to Pine Mountain Ga. Mom and Dad treated us to a Wild Animal Safari. We rented a 15 passenger van that was painted like a zebra. The windows were taken out and replaced with metal bars. We took an hour long drive where the animals come right up to the window so you can feed them. It was really cool. Alexis almost puked when the water buffalo came up. They smelled so bad. We got to feed Zebras, bulls, deer, elk, bison, pigs, water buffalo, longhorns, and Emily even got to feed an ostrich (she almost got eaten by the ostrich). It was crazy to see how big their tongues were. They were pretty nasty. After the drive there was a walking zoo like area were we saw Ligers, Bears, Lemurs, Baboons, Monkey's and Alligators. There was one monkey that decided it liked Megan. He went crazy when she came near the fence. Where ever she went he followed. He started running and jumping at the fence and using his head to motion her to come to him. He was trying to communicate with her. He was making noises as if he was trying to talk to her. It was really crazy to see how he acted toward her. She was pretty embarrassed though. After the safari we stopped at Olive Garden for dinner. Thanks to grandma and grandpa Cersey for a very very fun and exciting day!

 

Saturday
Today we decorated our Christmas tree with the girls. I always love doing this. I get so excited to put up all the decorations. This is my favorite time of the year.

 

Time for a girls day out. Me,mom and my sisters got to go to the movies to see Twilight while the kids and dads went to watch the Georgia-Georgia Tech game at the Cano's. We had so much fun at the movie. I loved it!!! I can't wait till the next one comes out.

 

We spent the rest of the day shopping with our girls.

We had the best Thanksgiving break. I am so grateful for my wonderful family.