Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, we are back from Savannah and we had a wonderful time visiting with family. We hope that all of you were able to enjoy time with family and friends over the holiday weekend.

We were able to leave Wednesday at noon for Savannah. After being on the road for a short time, we noticed our car was acting funny... it kept sort of backfiring and did actually backfire a couple of times. I called my dad and asked him what he thought it could be and he said that it could be the timing belt (not good) or the fuel injector. After he thought about it he said that since it was only acting strange at certain times and not all the time it probably wasn't the timing belt as it would happen all the time if it was that. His best guess was that we'd gotten a bad tank of gas. So, when we finally got to a gas station, we got mid-grade gas at Chevron and after that we didn't have any problems - praise the Lord! We made it to Savannah at about 6:30pm Eastern. Not bad... we won't talk about how fast Brian was going! :)

My parents had dinner ready for us and we enjoyed dinner and then played a family game of Apples to Apples that we'd brought with us. It was a nice way to spend the evening.

The next day folks weren't arriving until 4pm so we had some time on our hands. Brian, Ellie and I went for a walk and got home in time to eat breakfast and watch the parade. So hard to believe that we were there, in person, last year for the parade! Last year it was pouring down rain. It looks like they had a good day for it this year. After a good hearty breakfast and finishing the parade, we got ready for the day. While things were cooking and we were waiting for family to arrive, my mom had made some appetizers. Unfortunately, that meant I ate way too many of those and was full by the time it was time to eat dinner!! Those who were able to come were Kim, Eddie and their son Julian (who's a couple of months older than Ellie), Kim's mom, Uncle Roy and Aunt Sandi, Jocelyn and Brett. We had a good time seeing everyone and, of course, stuffed ourselves silly!! Instead of posting individual pictures click here: http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=lewisfam&p=5bjjie&AID=4975349&Pres=Y to see our pictures from the weekend.

The next day Brian, Ellie, my mom and I got up and went shopping! We did pretty well and had a nice lunch out and by the time we got home, my brother and his boys had arrived. We had a relaxing (well, as relaxing as you can get with 5 boys around) evening and played another family game of Apples to Apples that the boys seemed to enjoy.

Saturday we had a leisurely morning then went to see the movie "Enchanted." My boys had been wanting to see it but it was funny because afterwards Brian asked me, "How in a family full of boys were you able to get us to see a chic flick?" It was a cute movie and the boys seemed to like it but it was a little on the "chic" side. After the movie, we had an early dinner at the mall then went down to River street for the lighting of the Christmas tree and a parade of lights on the water. It was a little chilly but it was pretty fun. Then, we headed home and got the boys to bed.

Both Friday night and Saturday night my brother, my mom, me and Josh played Spades. It was a lot of fun just spending some time that way (Josh and I beat them both times! :)).

Sunday, we got up and enjoyed some time together before getting packed and on the road. We were home by 5pm Central time so it wasn't too bad and we were able to enjoy some down time before the week began.