A PT and AT Thanksgiving in NC

It was so nice to spend a few days with the Tyndell crowd at the beach in NC. My parents are renting a house at Ocean Isle for a few months and Paul and Anthe live nearby of course, so it was the obvious spot for Thanksgiving. Chris, Nana, Brandon, Mom & Dad, PT & AT, Alice & Jerry, Jeff & I, and Drew & Candice were all there! I think it was the first time we ALL got together in years since the cousins are all spread out now. Also, Ocean Isle allows dogs on the beach, so it was the first time Karma and Zen got to take a sandy walk (even though we live 1 mile from the beach in Florida, they had never been to the beach before this weekend b/c Delray doesn't like dogs). They loved it as you can see with Giles the puppy! It was also the first time Jeff and I met our new-ish Aunt Alice! So there were many great events other than the actual Thanksgiving Day feast and a fun boat ride on Paul's new "Burning Daylight!" It must also be noted that Drew, Candice, Jeff, and I represented the kids table this year. Yeeeesssssss!

A Breeze Through Charleston

On the way to NC for Thanksgiving, we stopped through Charleston to see some friends, Jeff's friend, John, from JMU, and my friend, Ashlee, from growing up in Seneca/CU. It was great seeing everyone's cute houses and meeting John and Meredith's little William! The puppies definitely enjoyed riding in the back of Jeff's new car! Jeff had never been to Charleston so we took some time to ride around downtown despite the icky weather that day. The new Cooper River Bridge was awesome as well.

Dolphins vs. Vikings

Jeff, being the social director as usual, organized about 40 people from his work to go to the Dolphins game the weekend before Thanksgiving - so just wanted to share a few pics from the day! Go Dolphins! It was a great game and we won - who agrees that it's been a very strange football season? Notice the tailgating spread by Marlis and Jeff's good sportsman ship with our tailgating neighbor!

Halloween Review Contest

There were so many good costumes (not to mention all the kids we knew that dressed up) that I thought I would share. Even Aaron's 240 Z car dressed up for a race! Shelley and I were having a good time at the Hagar's Haunted Party as a bandito and Pippi Longstocking. Mom A was a very scary Morticia Adams. So...I'm taking a poll...which kid is the coolest/cutest for Halloween? Vote in the comments as the choices are:
1. our nephew, Matthew, as a dancing dinosaur
2. our neice, Kaitlyn, as a princess
3. cousin Aiden as Superman
4. cousin Trever as a Bear
5. cousin Zachary as a scary zombie/skeleton/reaper
6. Kayla (she doesn't need a costume with those pigtails and pumpkins around!)
7. Regan as a witch
8. Jasmine as a pumpkin
9. Landon as an Astronaut
10. Samantha as a fairy
11. Master Z Car as Number 98
CAST YOUR VOTES! Let the games begin!

Bad Omen?

Last night we went to eat Chinese food and something occurred that has never happened in my life of eating Chinese food (and the odds are high considering my weakness for it): Jeff and I got the same fortune from our cookies! And not only that but it was probably the worst fortune that I've ever gotten: "No man will work for your interests unless they are his." How depressing.

Birthday Celebration Weekend

A relaxing Saturday - one of us * and a nice shot of Beth and her Mom, Pam.

Keri-Ann, Bryan, and Regan * Tammy with daughter, Samantha

Regan and the world cake!



















This is the B&B * Jeff and I in front of one of the Sundy House pools.



















This is Keith and Tammy at the Sundy House * Jeff and the sleeping macaw.

This past weekend, several important people had birthdays so there was lots to celebrate! Saturday we went over to Keri-Ann and Bryan's place to see their newly 1-year old daughter, Regan, demolish the world in cake form. Regan's cake was the coolest thing ever and Keri-Ann and Bryan let her eat it up all by herself (well - she didn't eat much of it but the icing made pretty colors). There was lots of relaxing hanging out happening there and we watched Clemson beat Georgia Tech! Go Tigers! As you can see, I've made a tiger out of Jeff.

And Sunday we had brunch with the B&B at the Sundy House since it was Beth's birthday. Yay! The Sundy House is this local Bed and Breakfast known for their Sunday brunch spread (click on this post title to go to their webpage) - we had never been but had heard the delicious rumors and were not disappointed. Afterwards, we took a stroll around the gardens which were gorgeous filled with tropical plants, ponds, bamboo, and a sleeping macaw! I'm pretty sure our yard will look this nice next summer.

Grumpy Morning Looks

Just in case any of you were wondering what it's like to wake up in our house - you always have two pups thinking they belong in bed more than you do! Look at Karma's face - she's like, "excuuuuusssse me? I'm not ready to get up yet." Zen is like "just a little longer!"

Let me out!

A coworker sent this photo to me and I thought it was funny enough to share. I guess the gator was stressed out by the humans vs. the other way around! This is about the size of the ones that are in the STAs at that Test Cells project I posted about earlier.