Turkey, Georgia Style

I've been bad about blogging lately. Why is life always so crazy? I know it is for everyone, all the people I talk to when asked "How are you?" respond, "busy busy". I told Resha it is going to catch up to America. Hopefully the result will be longer European-like vacations and siestas and not people going postal.


Sorry, I digress... for Reese's first Thanksgiving, we went to the great state of Georgia to visit her Grandmarnie and Grandfreddie (what we have now named him or should I say he named him that himself when he signed a note that way!). We had a great time, the scenery was gorgeous where they live, and Reese had a ball with their new dog Larry!


They were a little worried that Larry would be too hyper for Reese. Well when we first arrived, we were putting bags down and Larry started running in circles around Reese and jumping up and down. Reese started squealing with delight. It was a match made in heaven.

Reese also got to spend quality time with her Godfather, Uncle Mike and his fiance Barbara. We nicknamed her Aunt Barb. She had a blast playing with Reese and trying to teach her to snap (picture below!).

We also got to see some good friends while on our trip. We saw Shannon and Bryan who live in Atlanta. Shannon is one of my best oldest friends from growing up and her husband Bryan is such a great guy and so much fun to be around. We also took a short weekend getaway sans Reese to Knoxville, TN to see Carrie and Ed. Carrie was my roommate for 3 years in college and lived to tell about it. We had a great time with them and loved Knoxville rain and all. Ed taught us a ton about Bluegrass while we were there and we discovered the Bluegrass music station on our TV!

Here are some highlights from our trip:

The jet setter. We were on TV! We were interviewed about traveling with children. Reese Riddell made her KVUE debut!!

The belle of the ball in her pretty dress that Grandmarnie bought her for the first wedding she would attend.

Reese cuddling with her Grandmarnie

Me and Shannon on The Riddell Deck

Shannon, Bryan, and Reese

Aunt Barb teaching Reese to snap

RR in her Thanksgiving outfit from Gamma Laine and Gampa Ken

Fred proudly displaying his turkey. It was delicious!

Reese LOVED Thanksgiving dinner! She smashed turkey and dressing all throughout her hair.

Me, Grandmarnie, Reese, and Babs

So pretty! We drove to a nearby lake after Thanksgiving dinner for some family photos.

We got this one putting the camera on a tri-pod!

Larry proudly standing by

Reese upset about something

Carrie and Ed in Knoxville

Me and Carrie before the U. of Tenn game

Me and Jeff, having fun with no baby for the weekend!