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Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving Break

Not being big fans of Black Friday shopping, we came up with last minute plans to get away as a family over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  We went up to Waynesboro, VA and got a jumpstart on winter with some recent snow.

Skyline Drive was closed because of the weather, so we parked at the entrance and hiked in a bit.  We hiked up the Appalachian trail a ways and had a fun snowball fight in the woods.

We visted Grand Caverns and saw some amazing things underground.  

The caverns also gave us something fun to do that was a bit warmer.

We also enjoyed the heated pool at our hotel and took in a movie while we were there.  It was a great trip.

We got back on Saturday with enough time to do some leaf cleanup in our yard.

Happy Halloween from the Realm

Laurel really wanted to be a princess this year.  So, we built our theme around that.

Clark is a knight to defend the princess.

Sir Spence is another knight.

And Grant is the fire breathing dragon.

First day of Kindergarten

Monticello

We spent the day learning about Thomas Jefferson at his house, Monticello.