Thanksgiving in Palestine, TX

We sort of have a tradition of going to my dad's farm in Palestine over our Thanksgiving break. We all love hanging out at the farm and its one of the only times that we can spend more than a day or two out there.

We went and saw "Blindside" while we were out there at their little 6 room theater. It was such a good movie!!! I will definitely buy it once it comes out on dvd.... that is if we ever get around to buying a new dvd player. I might have to steal Christian's from his room.

Christian likes to drink my "toffee". Surprisingly, he likes to drink Ryan's black "toffee", too.

The boys decided to pull this tree down. The girls wondered why they insisted on doing it by hand. The boys felt the need to conquer. The girls took pictures.

After they got it down, they brought it over to burn it. The girls wondered if it was safe to burn the whole thing. The boys ignored the girls and played pyro. So, the girls took pictures.

Achievement.

There weren't any other kids around, so Christian improvised. One of our dogs, Bam, has the most gentle disposition. He is so tolerant! Christian sees this as weakness and takes advantage. Somewhere deep down I know Bam loves the attention! (he is half bulldog half pug)

I knew that Kodak moment was going to have a rough ending.

Bam spent the rest of the night avoiding Christian and guarding us from the evil stray cats.

Christian was busy riding his four-wheeler and let Bam rest.

The next morning, my dad shot a deer. Poor Christian couldn't figure out why Pops gave him a boo-boo. It was kind of sad at first, but then afterwards Christian wanted everyone to get a deer.

Someone volunteered the girls to go up the road to the "neighbors" and take care of their animals while they were on vacation. We fed the chickens, rabbits, dog, and their millions of cats.

We are sooo not cat people, and these guys were everywhere! I think there are 11 in this pic alone. Christian found a kitten and carried it around with him the whole time.

We all had a good time, but needed to get back to civilization and a real bathroom.