Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thanksgiving Hols: The Pig Pull

My favorite part of the week - The Pig Pull!

The shed (where everyone gathers for dinner)...













The shed's kitchen...













The smoker...













The pig...


























The head...

































The dinner...













Chase, riding off into the sunset on the white "ma" (horse)...

Thanksgiving Hols: Family & Friends

Chase with Poppa Joe and Nee Nee Kar Kar...



















Chase with Goo Goo Lockett...



















How kids have fun in the country... (note the little tike on the bike)













Lockett and Courtney trying to stay warm (it was SO cold)...













And of course, the guns (note the little guy responsible for making sure the clay pigeons soar)...

Thanksgiving Hols: Photos From The Road

A couple pictures from the road...












Entertaining Chase is getting more difficult...














The place you can buy fruit...













The place you can buy shoes...













The place where you buy crawfish...













One of many sweet potato trucks...













The place you can buy BBQ...

Thanksgiving Hols: Mobile, AL: Part 2

A trip down South just isn't complete without a game of Dominoes!

Thanksgiving Hols: Mobile, AL

Left to right: Great Grand Daddy Herbert, Lockett (Hubs's sister), Courtney (Lockett's finance), me (long hair!), Chase, Joe (Hubs's dad), Karla (Hubs's mom) and Great Granny Annie.

Dinner: Turkey, sweet potatoes, creamed corn, dressing, green beans and cranberry sauce.

Thanksgiving Hols

So Hubs and I just returned from a trip "down South."

After a brief visit to Birmingham, AL (to see Hubs's parents), we jumped in the car and drove down to Mobile, Alabama (where we were married almost NINE years ago) - where we had Thanksgiving - and then drove on to Jackson, MS (to visit Hubs's grand dad on his father's side) - and then on to Smith Country for a family reunion (on my husband's side) and then on to a pig pull, in the backwoods of Mississippi. Lots of guns, pick-up trucks, great food (some crazy fabulous casseroles), and kids riding dirt bikes (the youngest was age 4 - he had training wheels on his dirt bike!).

And as I have been remiss at posting photos, the next couple posts will be VERY photo heavy and text light.