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Fall/Thanksgiving update

It's February...now seems like a good time to update my blog with all the happenings from November and December, right?  Okay.  Good.


Elaina cheered again last fall...her team go to meet Josh Dobbs and Todd Kelly, Jr. at one of the games.  It was pretty cool.  Their team won the championship which was fun to be a part of.

Elaina's honors choir sang in the Veterans Day program.  My dad came and ate lunch with us afterwords.  It was super fun having him come.   He is always so fun!   

Here is a cute shot of Elaina and her friend, Tatum, before we left for the end of the year cheer party

The whole team with their trophies at the end of the year party

Some time in November (way to soon), Elaina and I went to an ornament exchange party in our PJs.  We had fun 

The coolest kid on the block....my sweet niece, Tessa, who came to visit in November for a UT game/early Thanksgiving celebration

My sister rented a tent at the UT vs. Missouri game this fall.  We had fun tailgating.  We did not go to the game but hung out beforehand.  Elaina got a new UT sweatshirt which Erik LOVES (not).  She looked pretty adorable in it.  Here she is on campus climbing a tree

The next day we hosted an early Thanksgiving at our house - followed by a family selfie.  I love these people!

The following weekend, we went to Nashville for our bi-annual Thanksgiving celebration/family reunion.  It was 3 full days of family fun.  We kicked it off with the Boulevard Bolt

Here are all the Bolters/walkers/runners.  I was a walker - Erik was a runner.  Elaina was a complainer ;)

This year we did activities for the kids - they all made family trees.  Here is Elaina's.  It was super fun to do

Elaina practicing for her talent show events.  Yes, we had a talent show again.  Always fun and a bit of a spectacle.  In the background is all the kids art work that they did.  that was fun


The whole gang...in our matching shirts color coded by generation.  #nerdalert :)


Erik and Elaina showed off their talent they love to do with each other.  I love this video so much - warms this mama's heart





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