Thanksgiving 2014

This Thanksgiving was a little different.  Chad's grandmother ended up in the hospital the week of Thanksgiving - during some routine tests they found out her arteries were almost completely blocked so they had to put stints in and she was in the hospital for 2 days.  Thankfully, she did well and is recovering.  But, because of that we delayed Thanksgiving with Chad's family to Saturday.  My brother was going to come with us, but he was going to the beach that weekend, so we had a small Thanksgiving with just me, Chad, and Fielding on Thanksgiving Day.  Then on Saturday we had our re-scheduled Thanksgiving with Chad's family.  Here are pictures from our Thanksgiving this year:

Fielding, Jessica, and Chad.

Fielding & Jessica.

Jessica's pumpkin pie.

Here are pictures from Thanksgiving with Chad's family:

Celebrating My Mom and Grandmother's Birthdays at the Beach

My Mom usually comes home for Mother's Day and my Grandmother's birthday in October.  This year because Chad & I went to Hawaii for two weeks in the summer, my Mom didn't have as much time off work.  But, since my Grandmother was turning 89 she still wanted to come for a shorter visit for my Grandmother's birthday.  My Mom's birthday is at the beginning of November and it worked out for Chad and I to go to Wilmington the weekend of my Mom's birthday, so we were able to celebrate both of their birthdays.  Here are the pictures from our birthday celebration weekend in Wilmington:

November Apple Orchard Visit

Last year we went to Apple Hill Orchard in Morganton, NC to pick apples.  This year we waited a little too long and the you-pick was already over, but you could still buy apples from their orchard store.  We bought 2 bushels of apples (Winesap and Golden Delicious) and also some apple cider.  It was a really nice day so we walked around the orchard and just enjoyed the nice weather.  Chad said that he thought we only bought 1 bushel last year and I think he was right because we really had a hard time processing all the apples before they started going bad.  Next year I think we'll go back to just 1 bushel!  Here are the pictures from our mountain apple orchard trip: