Thanksgiving Day 2007

We are always so thankful for so many things, this year being no exception. Last December Pat had his bad wreck and even though it's been almost a year, I was so thankful to have Patrick here with us this year.  He could easily have been killed or hurt for life.  Not only that, he's moved back from Destin , (back to Natalie and Brad's downstairs apt!!!!) ,and his back has healed and he's working now on HWY 280 at Academy Sports( in  their Manager training program). He's also working on his knife business.  On a sad note, Pat and Stefanie broke up and it was hard for him, but he realized that all  things work together for GOOD! He WILL find someone out there that God has chosen for him! I loved being with him on Thanksgiving b/c I see him the least of all the kids b/c of his working schedule! I can't wait to hang with him some when we stay there when Daisy comes. He'll probably be a big help to us when the baby comes, helping with Kemp when he's off work.  Plus, Pat's a great babysitter! He knows how to handle the little ones and even knows how to fool with babies, too!  You wouldn't think so, he is one of the youngest and wasn't around babies much. Since he was only 20 months older than Katie he wasn't around little ones, yet he just is a natural at being with kids. Pat is so sweet. OUR baby boy.  He is always the same---sweet and has the best LAUGH in the world. When Pat laughs, the world laughs with him! He adores his KEMP  and his KEMP adores his Uncle Pat Pat!  kemp loves to RUB PAT'S BALD HEAD! It's hilarious!!!!! Pat will be the BEST DAD one day, that's for sure!!!....Of course, I hated we missed being with Charles/Rachel/Michael/Kadie/Lily /Jon/Katie  on Thanksgiving, but this year was different in the fact that Natalie is so close to giving birth as well as Rachel!  One thing I wanted to do was help Nat wash baby clothes and help put Kemp's tree up, etc. so we did WORK on our Thanksgiving Day. NOT THE GUYS, tho! They did what guys do best on Thanksgiving. SLUG OUT on the couches and WATCH FOOTBALL! HAHAHAHAH!  We did end up having dessert with M/K/L on Thanksgiving afternoon and I got to read the "ELF ON THE SHELF" book to the little ones! Lily was FASCINATED with the ELF story and kept dragging the book around and WANTED to sneak it home (sounds like her DADDY!) but GranJan grabbed the book while she wasn't looking and HID it! HAHA! She asked, "GranJan, where 's MY book?!" I told her I was keeping it at GranJan's house to READ WHEN THEY CAME HERE! Aunt Cutie bought the book , (it is ADORABLE!) and it comes, complete with the ELF! THe Elf looks like one from MY day ('50's!) and the story is sooooooooo cute! You have to NAME the elf, we named him OLIVER! HAHA!....We ended up looking through the ads for Thanksgiving Day and Michael was looking (and found!, yestereday!) a laptop! Katie and I got up (see precious entry!) at THREE O'CLOCK and then headed to the mall!We got some great bargains and she got Laura's grandkids comforters for Christmas (She and Jon still love to give Laura's grandkids Christmas gifts!) ........TODAY IS ALABAMA/AUBURN day! Katie is in AU with Jon so I  guess she'll either be calling LAUGHING or calling FURIOUS! (at least she doesn't CRY when Alabama loses anymore like she did when she was young! HAHA). Poor Katie. To think my daughter will have to LIVE in AUBURN one day! hahahahaha........ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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