For those of you who don't know already, we celebrated a family-reunion style Thanksgiving in Tampa, Florida where my mother, Sandi, and grandparents, Bob and Nancye, live.  We were joined by my brothers, Travis and Nicholas, who flew in from Colorado and my brother, Eric, who flew in from Germany.  My Aunt Karen and cousin, Rhiannon, flew in from Mississippi.  My brothers and cousin were all accompanied by their wonderful spouses and children.  Camden and Tristan had fun playing with their cousins: Isaiah, Michael, Matthew, Evan and Madeleine.  You can see some of the action in our Thanksgiving Fun video.  Seven of my grandmother's siblings and their families joined us for a huge Thanksgiving feast at the clubhouse in my mother's neighborhood.  While we were in Tampa we went to the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park, ate at a seafood restaurant, went fishing on Lake Ann and enjoyed lots of food and conversation.

Since our return home we have been busy unpacking, decorating the house and our Christmas tree, going to a TelWare Christmas party at Great Wolf Lodge, and celebrating Camden's birthday.  Great Wolf Lodge was a lot of fun.  We did not go to the indoor water park but we did enjoy doing the Magiquest, which required us, the Magi, to explore the lodge to find items with our magic wand in order to complete quests.  For Camden's birthday, Camden wanted a ninja theme so the kids all dressed up like ninjas and watched the movie, Kung Fu Panda.