November Recap

 November was another busy month for our family. The kids and I had eye appointments in Muskogee, which meant we were able to see Grandpa & Grandma Banks and Uncle Billy & Taylor.  We also traveled to Longview, Texas, to celebrate Margie Jentes's birthday and see Aunt Diane one last time before she moved to Columbia, South Carolina.  The following week we traveled to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where we spent a couple days on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma's annual meeting.  During our travels the kids were able to enjoy some pool time, which made the busyness of travel okay with them!

 Before we knew it the week of Thanksgiving was upon us.  As we learned of how the Thanksgiving holiday came about we spent some time doing fun Thanksgiving themed puzzles & crafts mixed in with our normal school lessons. 

 I asked the kids to list some things they were thankful for & here is what they came up with:

Katherine's List
Jesus & God
Church
The Bible
Thanksgiving
Friends
Family
Police

Sebastian's List
Jesus     
God      
The Bible 
Family  
Jesus's Birthday
Thanksgiving   and    Friends

 
On Thanksgiving Day we drove to Ardmore, Oklahoma, where we spent most of the day with some of Wesley's family.  Jim & Linda Renick hosted this wonderful gathering of the Banks family.  We had a terrific time being with family and eating too much!  Even though it was in the mid 30's some of them ventured outside to throw the football.  The rest of us hung out inside where it was warm and watched football on the TV! 

I was reminded once again how richly God has blessed us.
It was a great Thanksgiving!

 The day after Thanksgiving we went to pick out our Christmas Tree.  We were headed to Danville Farms in Kilgore, Texas, which is where I grew up going to pick out a tree, but as we were driving up Interstate 20 we saw Canton Christmas Tree Farm, and we decided to stop there instead.  We were glad we did.  This place not only sold Christmas trees, but there were awesome kid activities too! The first place the kids visited after we found our tree was the giant slide (pictured above).  They also rode on the Ferris Wheel and Santa's Runaway Sleigh roller coaster.    What a fun time we had before our 2 hour drive home!

Below is a short video of some of the fun we've had during the month of November.  Enjoy!