Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a little less conventional than usual. We didn't go to Grandma's house. We weren't surrounded by extended family and lots of commotion. But we were surrounded by our cozy little family and lots of love.

It had snowed a couple days before Thanksgiving. Ken was stuck at work the first night and wasn't able to come home. Since we live on a hill, we weren't able to get out either. So on Thanksgiving morning, Ken made the call that we would stay put. Thankfully we had a small turkey that we were able to defrost and enough potatoes and other items to put together a nice Thanksgiving dinner.

Thankful for the snow

The two big kids helped peel potatoes.

Harrison made the mulled cider.

Dad deep fried the turkey for our feast.

We gathered around our table for a simple feast and a time of giving thanks to our good God and His wonderful gifts.

Whew! It's Been Four Months!

My wonderful husband bought me a new camera last year. I really like it. The only problem is that it takes up a lot of space on the computer. I am so low tech, I don't know how to move things around to make more room on the hard drive. So I rely on having someone else coming over to help out with it. Every time. That's why it's been four months since the last post.

Here are a few snapshots of what has been going on in our family in the past four months...

We had a great vacation in Idaho.

Good times at the annual family vacation in Hood Canal with Ken's family

Ran the Tacoma Narrows Half Marathon with my dad

Kennedy and Jackson started school in the fall. Harrison is homeschooling and Mikey recently started preschool.

My dear friend, Tamara, came out to visit with her family.

Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch was a bit too late in the evening. Many of our photos are in the dark.
Harrison marked his sixth birthday with a Green Eggs and Ham party.

My grandparents celebrated their 60th anniversary