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Monday, December 10, 2012

And…There Went November…

I hope you are all doing well!  November came and went in the Ratliff household.  We have been busy, as usual, and have lots of pictures to share!

This is where I found the boys on 11/1

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Cole LOVES to eat at the “big boy table”

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The boys in the morning on 11/3

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We played at Wallabies!

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Cole set La-La in the chair, all by himself, before sitting down to enjoy his breakfast on 11/5

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Cole’s 1st time voting on 11/6!

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Cole loves Luke, too!

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Later that night at an Election Party with Mr. Jeff!

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On 11/10, we headed to the Tavern to celebrate Granddaddy’s Birthday!

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We went to Hands on Museum on 11/11 to celebrate our friend Lola’s birthday!  Here Cole is dressed up on stage Smile

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Connor, playing with Mia and Caleb!

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They even had a BIG dinosaur exhibit!

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Thrilled does not even begin to describe Connor’s delight!

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Happy Cole on 11/14

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Poor Luke!

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On 11/16 we met with my Great Uncle Glenn and Aunt Shirley in North Carolina to hike up to some old family graves!  Connor loved playing with Aunt Shirley!

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Connor and Uncle Glenn

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All of us with our newly found cousin, Ruth

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I have no idea what this face is about Winking smile

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On 11/17 Jason and I celebrated our 5th anniversary together!

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the boys and I enjoyed a lunch on the porch on 11/21 for our pre-Thanksgiving tradition!

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Happy Thanksgiving!  Cole was enjoying the parade!

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The boys enjoyed running around at Papaw’s House!

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And guess who paid Connor a visit?!

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Cole was a little apprehensive…

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Looking at Papaw’s chickens with Daddy!

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This is how Cole enjoys his spaghetti!

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Connor, showing Cole how to love Luke “easy” Winking smile

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On 12/1 I ran my first half marathon with Adriel and Aaron!

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This is us at the end – that was a great run – 13.1 miles on Bay’s Mountain in Kingsport!

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On 12/3 Cole became obsessed with our little sweeper vacuum cleaner.  he LOVES it.  He does this for HOURS!

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On 12/6 we took the kids to the Bristol Christmas Parade!

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Playing with his brother on 12/7

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On 12/8, Adriel and I ran a 10 K in Bristol.  It was awesome.  Before we ran, she gave me a present! An official sticker to prove I ran the half!

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Adriel finished the 10 K in under an hour!  A goal she  had been striving for since 2009!!  So proud of her!  She also got 2nd in her age group!

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This is our friend, Anne, finishing her first 10 K!!!

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And…my dear friend, Katie, finishing the race.  It was a GREAT race!

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Later that day, Harper and Adriel came with us to ride on Munsey’s float in the Johnson City Christmas Parade!!  This is on the shuttle on the way to the float!

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Cole, on the float, enjoying all the attention from his friend, Abigail!

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Can you say “Ladies man?!”

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Ok all caught up.  Enjoy your holiday seasons and I will be posting a Christmas Blog soon!