Thankful

We had a very nice Thanksgiving weekend, but I took very few pictures.  My brother and his lovely new bride and their new "baby" (picture below) came for Thanksgiving Day but went home Friday to prepare for their first Thanksgiving feast at their home on Saturday with her family.  We also had Mike's parents, aunt and uncle with us for Thanksgiving dinner. 

Here are a few random recent photos along with just a few related to our actual Thanksgiving.  Regardless, I am so thankful for innumerable blessings.



Two dollies.



Dane in Uncle Benny's glasses. Reminds me of Ralphie from "The Christmas Story."

Nora and our neighbor girl wanted to be twins one day.



This is a little rocking chair I bought about 7 or 8 years ago because it matched the chair I had as a little girl and blogged about here.  I really wanted to make it match Nora's room, so I recovered it last week.  However, I was able to do it in such a way that I can easily revert back to its original covering for nostalgia's sake.



The finished product.

Nora loves it!

Dane went pheasant hunting (without any luck) with Daddy and Teddy last Saturday just as it started to snow.

Pretty frosty morning one week ago.

Just a bit of snow on the ground earlier this week.  It all melted away by the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day.

Making snow angels.

My Thanksgiving cactus that I nearly killed this summer bloomed right on schedule.

Ben and Jen brought their sweet little Tupelo to visit for Thanksgiving.  He's so lucky they adopted him after living his first few months of life as a "street kitten."

Our Thanksgiving table in the sun.  We later added drinking glasses, lots of food, and some of our favorite people!

Pretty old barn bathed in a Thanksgiving sunset.

Beautiful colors to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.

Dane dressed up 50's style to celebrate the 50th day of kindergarten.

Nora playing doctor with her baby doll.  Interesting choice for an exam table!