Our Christmas

Christmas at Grandma Sam's

On Thanksgiving

This was one of my favorite Thanksgivings ever.  I will have more pictures soon as one of my camera cards isn't transferring and has to get "restored".  In the mean time these will have to do.  Some of the highlights...

~ The snow!  It started in the morning and didn't stop all day.
~ The snowy hike we took on my path
~ Everything and everyone so relaxed
~ The puzzling and game playing and dog walking and snow boarding.
~ The beeswax candle holders the kids made at the holiday fair looking so beautiful on the table
~ Dinner.  Katie- cranberries, cream cheese corn, green beans. Mom- potatoes and stuffing and gravy.  Me- butternut squash soup pumpkin pie and turkey with Ryan (a 25 pound one this year!!).  Jackson- cornbread.  Pretty much the same collaboration we've been doing for years now and it is oh so good.
~ Dessert.  We had so many desserts this year that Grace made a menu and took orders.  Sam brought all of her pies along with my pumpkin pie and then of course there was Grace's pumpkin bars and Nora's apple crisp.
~ Having Katie and Kris stay after the kids went to bed for a glass of wine
~ Leftovers!

Weekend Highlights

~ Running errands with just the girls Saturday morning (and going to the co-op, one of our favorite errands)
~ Making a big batch of chilly and having dinner "done" all weekend
~ Perfect fall weather
~ Working in the garden trying to get it ready for winter and finding more goodies I didn't know about
~ Wood (chopping, chain sawing, and folding sawing (if you're Jackson)) most of which is for next year
~ My dad coming out to help with the wood and joining us for chilly batch number 1
~ Jogging in the perfect fall colors
~ Having a family day of "work" where everyone is happy
~ Grace making a batch of cookies all on her own (well with one little helper)
~ Getting everyone bathed and clean sheets on all the beds
~ About to end the weekend with some sewing