Coller Thanksgiving Road Trip: Recovering from the Drive

On Monday, we spent the day at home, recovering from our drive. It was so good to wake-up and visit with Grandma Mimi and Sandy.

Wynn & Grandma Mimi

Wynn enjoying some quiet time in her swing

We went for a walk in the cool late afternoon.

Reese loves her Wynnie-Girl!

Grandma Mimi, Daddy & Wynn

Smiling through a mouthful of fingers

Happy!

Sweet baby smile!

Great-Grandmama's 90th Birthday

On November 19th, we celebrated Great-Grandmama's 90th birthday [(Elizabeth Collier (Reese's middle namesake)] with a delicious family lunch at The Bright Star in Bessemer. Our whole family was there, and it was a wonderful celebration of a wonderful lady!

Reese & Wynn

Great-Grandmama & Great Aunt Carmen

Great-Grandmama & Reese

Great-Grandmama looking at her birthday card from Reese

Mommy & Reese

Papa & Coco (aka Tom & Carol)

Coco with a sleeping Wynn

Melissa & Baby Nicole

Shannon and his sweet girlfriend Stacie

Cousin Nick & Uncle Bill

Aunt Alex & Cousin Sophia

Papa, Reese, Coco & sleeping Wynn

Aunt Alex, Reese & Sophia

Great-Grandmama with her yummy birthday lemon pie

Reese & Wynn

Uncle Bill & Reese

Great-Grandmama getting a goodbye kiss in the car from Wynn

Collier Thanksgiving Road Trip: 1st Stop - Pax & Steph's

We are excited to again be going on our annual Collier Thanksgiving Road Trip to Jacksonville, FL, and Brunswick, GA.  Our first stop was to visit Pax, Stephanie and PJ in Jacksonville.  We had a wonderful dinner and visit with them.

Wynn is ready for her first out-of-state road trip.

Reese is ready for our road trip, too!

Reese and Mommy, very cozy in the back seat
[Note: We WILL have a mini-van the next time we make this trip.]

Daddy drives the first part of our trip

Wynn's first visit out of Alabama - Hello Florida!

Wynn, Daddy and Reese

Mommy and Wynn

Reese and Wynn

Reese conked out after lunch in Dothan.

Wynn and Reese with PJ (the little brother they'll never have)

Wynn loves playing with Reese and PJ

Sweet red-heads!

Reese acting silly!

Reese and Stephanie making robots from Stephanie's homemade robot parts!

Pumpkin Carving 2011

Reese and Daddy did their annual pumpkin carving in the kitchen.  Wynn was there, too!  Reese drew the face on the pumpkin, and Daddy cut it out with a big knife.  Wynn and Mommy watched all the fun!

Reese drawing the face

The face is coming along

The Face

Daddy is scooping out the pumpkin guts

Wynn is in on the fun, too!

Wynn watches the pumpkin carving excitement

Sweet sisters!

Mommy and Wynn enjoy the family time

Yay for pumpkin carving!

Wynn likes sitting-up and seeing everything.

Reese is stirring the pumpkin guts.

The Collier Jack-o-lantern

Happy Halloween from Reese and Wynn!