Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving we decorated our tree. I must admit I was anxious to get it up for the boys to see this year. They love looking at it and yes we have been on our toes trying to keep Benjamin out of it.
Helping Daddy put the tree together
Benjamin assisting with the task at hand
Christian helping Daddy tighten the tree in the stand
Benjamin under the tree I hate to think of how many times we will be dragging him out from under there!
We have a tradition with our ornaments. Ed and I have a ornament from each year that we have been together. Now that we have the boys we get them an orament each year. Here are our family ornaments for this year.
Christian checking out his ornament
Finding the right place to hang it on the tree
He was SO excited that it was a train
Mommy showing Benjamin his ornament
Putting it on the tree
Mommy hanging the family ornament
Decorating the tree 
After we were done Christian got to stay up and watch a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving he was so wore out!
Benjamin just hanging out
These next few pictures are pretty funny in a way because it is Benjamin beating up on his older brother. He is finally paying him back for all the times he has hit, pushed, sat on, etc. for the last 9 months! 
Getting him good!
When Christian finally got away Christian said Mommy I'm ok! :)
Benjamin playing at the Train Table
Coloring while waiting for lunch to finish cooking
Christian coloring and Daddy reading the paper
Carving the Turkey
Waiting patienly for his lunch....
Look at that face he ws getting very impatient!
Tasting the sweet potato's
and trying the turkey
Look at that sweet face and those chubby cheeks!
Neither one of the boys were crazy about the mashed potato's. Christian's favorite food by far was the stuffing. He really enjoyed Grandma's dirt cake- I think he would have ate the whole cake in one shot if we would have let him.
Some of you may think we are "bad" parents but we let Benjamin have his first taste of sweet tea
As you can tell by his face he REALLY enjoyed it.....
even grabbed the cup with both hands trying to go back for more!
Sweet face! 
I dont know who said what or did what but this is his not so happy face- it looks just like mine! :)
Riding together
Faster Mommy!! Faster Mommy!!
Grandma & Grandpa
I think this is the picture of the day I love it! 
Grandpa pushing Benjamin
Grandma pushing Benjamin
The newest trick is standing up in the crib....They both think this is the BEST thing.
Laughing at each other. I love how in this picture you can see Benjamin's eyes just glowing as he looks at his older brother.
He is so proud. If you look closely you can see the 4 teeth he has on the bottom.
Ed talking to Dwight on the phone we have some friends that live in the area so we were trying to decide when we could catch up.
Just me- look at the georgous trees in the background they said we came at the perfect time it was the peak weekend to see all the colors in the trees. 
Thats right- The Biltmore we bit the bullet while we were there and decided to go see it. Since we went the first weekend in Novemeber we got to see it decorated for Christmas it was opening weekend!
The Entrance- you really have no idea that when you enter you still have miles to drive before you park and get on the shuttle to actually see the house its just amazing the drive in that they had.
When we went in to purchase our tickets they had it all decorated so our first Christmas picture of the season! 
Ed just being funny I guess when you don't have to take care of your kids you can revert back to being a kid! :)
Me- sitting outside 
Look at those awesome tree, the blue sky, and fountain- this is the view out from the front of the Biltmore.
There it is this is one of the best pictures that we got- the house is huge and there is no way to get all of it in one shot.
We also visited a little area they had called down on the farm. They had some little chicks here is Ed holding one.
I think we were really ment to live on a farm...I think Ed looks pretty good on that tractor! 
Sitting in the carriage- to bad we didn't have any horses to pull us.
My turn on the tractor 
Yes that is right...I am getting ready to attempt to walk on stilts...sigh too bad it didn't work out to well and I am SO thankful that when I fell and everyone was looking at me my husband came and helped me and didn't decide to keep taking pictures! :)
Eds attempt I must admit he did much better than I did! 
Me posing beside the old cars I would have loved to drive one of them
We couldn't see everything in one day so we upgraded our passes and can go back anytime we want to for the next year. We are hoping to go back during the festival of flowers. Here we are on our second day sitting outside on one of the enormous patios. Love the mountains in the background.
Everyone after a yummy lunch at my father's pizza in Black Mountain. Carol and Dwight live in Black Mountain and Sue had flown in for the weekend so it was a great opportunity for us all to catch up.
