My little sister Claire came and stayed with us for the week before and the week after thanksgiving! We went on tons of adventures.... and we had a GREAT time! Here are a few of our adventures...
2. D.C. - the monuments mesuems ect. - we went to the tomb of the un know soilder and saw the changing of the guard, the white house, the washington and the lincon memorials, the iogima monument, the natural history mesum, the national art mesum and gardens, the pentagon, and the capitol building. We rushed so see as much as we could in one day! It was 19 degrees and we were running all over.... How CRAZY!!!
Claire
1. Apple orchard- There is this great orchard and farm store by our house it is called Marker-Miller Orchard. It is large this farm place that sells about 50 kinds of apples and all kinds of homemade baked and canned goods. They have the best apple cider EVER! I am kind of addicted to it! So I think everyone who visits needs to go there!!!
3. We went to 8 different states (doing touristy things) - West Virgina, Virgina, D.C, Georgia, Tennessee, Pynsilviana, Marlyand, and South Carolina! WOW!
4. We saw all of our Georgia relatives and we ate with all of them. My aunts used to go and stay with my mom when they were in college so this thanksgiving now it was our turn to drive 10 hours just to be with family for a holiday. We stayed with my Aunt Linda and Uncle Stewart and thier 5 kids, Brooke, Parker, Hamilton, Tate, and Eli. We saw graddparents, aunts, uncles, and tons of cousins. They were great and made sure that they made all of our Thanksgiving favorites. Our Aunt Marge made a ton of our faves she even made 2 sour cream puond cakes! I learned my mon makes her stuffing the western way and not the southern way! Mom! We called her and asked why she didn't stay true to her roots! She said it tastes the same!
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Claire, Aunt Jo, Grandpa GB, Me, Brian, and Julie
5. We played with our cousins - Brian was a football star! He had tons of funs with all of the boys, there are a lot of them. They played in the turkey bowl, then they continued to play football for hours and hours. By the end of the trip Brian was so sore he could barely walk but he loved playing rough with all of our future spots star cousins! The kids can't wait for thier new cousin Brian to come and visit again.
The uncles, and Cousins playing in the Aunt Linda's Front yard
The Boys striking a pose... Brian was playing in his socks and he wore holes all in them... we laughed pretty hard! Then we were informed that that is why the boys just play barefoot.
6. We shopped- we did some christmas shopping and of course when you get Hawley girls together they stock up on lip gloss. Gotta Love MAC!
7. We made yummy treats - Brian's nick name in my family is "the treat connesour" (He really does love treats that much) and so it is kind of a given that when someone visits from the Hawley family they make him a treat. Claire made him his favorite cookies home made oreos. He even stashed some in the freezer for treat emergencies!
8. We went to a low country Boil - I was a little leary of this family event when my aunt marge asked if we wanted her ot have a low country boil. I have to say it was so much fun! She covered all of her tables including her antique formal dining room tabble in foil and then dumped the food on the table. We had a great time sliding food around with wooden paddles and catching up with our more distant relatives.
9. We went to the varsity!!! Everytime we go to Alanta we have to go to the Varsity at least once it is Atlanta's In-N-Out.
10. We took out Christmas card picture!We had so much fun having Claire visit and we loved seeing all of our GA relatives!
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So much fun! Your sister is as gorgeous as you are!
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