It may be a little late, but we have to recap our excellent Thanksgiving here in Alabama. Our friends Wes and Chrysi invited us to meet them in C
ullman AL at Wes's sister and brother-in-law's house. We went up on Thanksgiving morning and Cooper quickly found out he was woefully overdressed for deep frying turkeys and skeet shooting.
(See a video of Wes shooting here) It was a fun time. Later in the day, Carter had his first taste of turkey and really seemed to enjoy it. It was also out first opportunity to meet Wes and Chrysi's new daughter ( and Carter's future girlfriend) Madelyn. She is such a cutie! Carter wasn't nearly as interested in eating as he was with keeping up with the "big boys". He had no fear of getting right into the mix and occasionally reduced the older boys to tears for being in their "section". As they did in NJ, Wes and Chrysi's family took us in and made us feel so comfortable. Hopefully someday we can repay all their kindness.
Carter went on his first ever Christmas tree hunt this weekend and it was a great success. The weather even cooperated and it was cold enough to wear sweaters! We went next door to gather the Carter's friend Nathan and the rest of the Jernigans. We all carvaned out to the Alabama wilderness to the Wadsworth Christmas Tree Farm. It is a bit of a hike, but not surprisingly the only Christmas tree farm around down here in the land of the fake trees. We once again settled on a beautiful Leland Cyprus which makes a beautiful Christmas tree and smells wonderful. Carter was pretty impressed with our tree selection and was so worn out he slept the whole way home (which he almost never does). It was a great day.
