We had such a wonderful time with my family at Thanksgiving! I felt so blessed that, after it looked like Jaron was going to have to work all week, he was able to arrange to get the whole week off, so we had a nice, long trip! All my brothers, their spouses and kids were there, as well as our special friends from med school, the Hamilton's (see other post). We ate good food, enjoyed fun company, watched movies, read, slept, had a date, and recharged our batteries. One highlight of the trip is that my brother, Chris, brought out several paintball guns. The adults had a paintball adventure on Wed, but the kids got their turn Friday. It was Chris's bright idea to let the kids have the guns (with adult supervision, of course) and let loose on the dads who would serve as moving targets for the novice sharpshooters. I'm not sure if any of the dads really expected their kids to actually hit them, but Jaron's several welts prove that his sons are quite good shots. At first the dads just ran from tree to tree. This then evolved into a contest of "who can scale the tree fastest without getting shot", all while paintballs whizzed around their heads. Us wiser (and pregnant) adults had the time of our lives laughing at those lunatic dads, but I think we also secretly admired the length these brave men will go to to show their posterity a good time. That's true love right there.
4 comments:
Sounds like a really good time. I'm so glad you guys had a great thanksgiving and were able to spend it with your family... although we did really miss you here. It was fun talking to you today Em.
Reading this made me want to be at your house for the holiday. You guys had a great time. What brave dads!!
that is SO FUN! I got hit by a few paintballs last summer and you're not kidding--that really is true love, to willingly be hit by those buggers. Ouch.
What a beautiful place to spend Thanksgiving. Glad you had a good time and got to spend so much quality time together.
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