Christmas at Disney

Hunter and I went to Disney for the first week in December. We went to Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Here we are at Liberty Tree Tavern for dinner with the characters.

We saw the Christmas Parade and watched the fireworks.

Then the Castle is lit with all of it's Christmas lights.

We went by the Grand Floridian to see the giant Gingerbread House.

Big Thursday

So the rivals meet again. This year we headed to the beach for the Monckton Football Party!

For the "away" game years, Terri and Billy host a huge party for everyone to come and enjoy the game. There is a poster contest and here is what Hunter and I came up with: I thought it was pretty creative, but we didn't win.

For those of you who don't know, Billy is the only one in his family to graduate from USC. So there is a bit of family harassment going on. Here is the Tiger (Big Bill), Moe, and David presenting Billy with pictures from his childhood dressed in Clemson garb and waving his Clemson flag. Needless to say, Billy was completely surprised and was a good sport. There were even buttons passed out so that everyone could be a part of Billy's nightmare.

This was the area for the Clemson fans. Notice how no one is in there?? It filled up during the game, but this was taken when we were setting everything up.

Here is The Zone, aka Man Room, for the Carolina fans. Here is the poster that beat us out. It looked pretty good!

I have no idea how many people were there. We guessed a least a hundred including a ton of kids.

Two years ago, when Carolina beat Clemson at Clemson, this commemorative Rock was created. So here are the guys reclaiming their Rock.

Thanks Terri and Billy for letting us stay with you!
We had a blast even though the outcome was not as we had hoped!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving, aka Mottel Turkey Fest, was another success this year. Here is Hunter his Grandparents and ALL of his cousins.

We had a great time and ate a ton of great food. With a crowd like this, there were 4 or 5 turkeys, a ham, and a pork loin. The Mottel's know how to eat, guess that's why I fit in so good (except for the blonde hair)!

As far as my family goes, this was another Thanksgiving in the hospital. It was Mom's turn two years ago, so I guess Dad thought he would give it a try this year. He has pneumonia and stayed for about 5 days. He was sent home on Sunday, but still had fever. A week later, more fever and back to the doctor. Currently, he is on 2 antibiotics and is doing better. I think the second drug is starting to work. I worked in NA for 3 days last week and had him on a schedule of Motrin every 6 hours to try and control it. Seems like Mom has taken over this role and it's starting to work. Hopefully by Thursday, he'll be feeling as good as new!

Busy

Just encase you were wondering where we've been, as far as the Blogger world in concerned, we've been BUSY! I knew it had been a while, but had no idea it has been almost 2 months since the last blog. Here is what we've been up to!