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Helping Dad trim the tree.

Dad is getting lots of help with the tree......

Getting our Christmas Tree

For years when our children were little we grew our own Christmas trees.  After a while the trees all got too big or we had already cut them.  This year, we found a real "Charlie Brown" white pine in our yard to decorate.  It is crooked and slightly spindly, but it is ours.  the boys helped pick it out and then helped Dad trim it for the stand.

Apartment in New York City

Three fluffs floofing on the floof chair with Aunt Floof!

Thanksgiving feast

All four of us (my husband and I + Andy and Roy) traveled to New York to celebrate Thanksgiving with our daughters and two of their friends. We enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving feast set on a beautiful table in front of a cheerful and warming fire. Our hosts treated us like royalty and waited on us hand and foot. We could get used to such luxury! The boys loved the beautiful home and big yard and pond to run free.

After dinner in front of the fire.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

This time next week we will all be GETTING READY to enjoy our Thanksgiving feast, ALREADY have enjoyed it and suffering from the consequences, or LOOKING FORWARD to it.
My family has so very much to give thanks for: good health, good homes with warmth and cheerfulness, and family and friends you want to share it all with. We will be traveling to New York to be with our girls and their friends. The boys, of course, would not be left at home since they are family too! We wish for all of you who follow my blog a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Let us all give thanks; for most of us are truly blessed. (Incidentally, that is a "turkey" on Andy's head.)

Confused azalea

We are in the midst of a severe drought in Georgia. Our azaleas and rhododendrons have suffered, some beyond saving. This poor azalea is all confused.....it is November and it is blooming! Pray for rain.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is fast approaching! The boys are far too dignified to be dressed up in a costume, so I used someone else's picture of their Shelties all decked out for the occasion. The boys rejoiced that I didn't try to humiliate them.

Happy Fall!

In Georgia we have been suffering from a long drought. If we don't get some rain soon, we will be going on water rationing. Not only has it been dry, but it looked like summer would just not leave graciously. FALL has finally arrived! We are enjoying dry, but much cooler weather. It is time to bring out the sweaters and sleep under a comforter at night. The boys are full of energy and play since Fall temperatures have arrived. We look forward to celebrating Halloween. The boys haven't decided what to dress up like yet, but I know they don't like wearing hats! (see birthday picture)