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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Thanksgiving day

I love Fall.  I love the colors, the feel of the season & the beautiful autumn decor that abounds.  It's why I started decorating my house for the seasons because I started collecting all those "feel-good" colors of oranges, yellows, reds & browns.  It warms me & gives me a comfort feeling.

Thanksgiving has always been our familys special holiday to get together on.  This holiday goes right along with the warm fuzzy feel-good feelings! Family, friends, food & fun along with all those great colors even if the weather has already turned cold and looks like winter.

  A first holiday in a "new" house is always special too.  Special gatherings, holidays, company for meals seem to cement the "making the house a home" feeling.

Because all my side of the family had other plans this year and my married girls were with their husband's familys, we invited a few others to be with us and our two older boys.  It worked out for some of Leon's family to be with us this year too. 


 There was alot of this going on--

 The waiting Living room was full of people.
 The baby was happy (and cute!)

Our company was delightful (Too bad I didn't get Duane in this one too!)

 The food was plentiful!




 The baby  was kissable.  (Did I mention  so cute?!)

 We had 6 kids between the ages of 3 and 6!



 The tables were full

 And desserts were waiting.
 I do believe this is the first time in over 30 years we've shared Thanksgiving with you Lori!  The only other time I remember is the year before Leon and I were married.  So glad your family got to come--and join us!

On the other hand, as many great pictures as my kids get just PLAYING with my camera--WHY when I deliberately give them the camera and permission to take lots of pictures do I generally only get goofy-unfocused ones?

14 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! And you're right.....very CUTE baby! :)

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  2. Thank you for such a wonderful day, too! I loved my way too short days of family time!

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  3. That baby is one good looking baby! And the rest of the people don't look so bad either.

    Looks like you had a good time and nobody went hungry unless they wanted to.

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  4. Looks like a wonderful time! When did that baby boy get SO cute?!

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  5. Dear Feasting,

    Looks like you had a right proper feast-day. Glad Thanksgiving still goes on at that house, it has seen many a happy gathering it its day.

    love,
    Family, friends and food
    are FINE
    in
    NE

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  6. p.s.
    How could I forget to comment about BabyZ. He looks like a charmer!
    love,
    SmilingLittles
    in
    NE

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  7. All that food and company in this post, made me want to have Thanksgiving all over again. YUM!! So glad you got to make your first holiday memories in your new home. Thanksgiving has always been and will remain my favorite holiday.

    Your pictures made me smile. :-)

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  8. lol- actually, I think you did get the back 1/3 of Duane in that shot of Gina and the kids with M. ;)

    And- the baby is a DOLL!

    And- the new blog header (and page in general) is really nice!

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  9. What a wonderful day for all of you -- the baby is adorable! Love the photo of Lori, too! It's always so special to share Thanksgiving with family and friends.

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  10. Looks like a fun time was had by all.
    Fellowship and feasting.

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  11. Dear Feasting,
    Beautiful! Looks like it was special. Mom read me the post shortly after you put it up but just made it back here to drop my 2 cents! :) Love you, missed you!

    Love,
    The Way It Is in NE

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  12. Wow thats LOTS of cuties!!! We did miss a party! Thanks for keeping up with such good reads <3 the spirit here too!

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  13. Looks like you had a lovely Tday! We did too. I didn't take nearly as many pictures. I was too busy talking and playing games...and none of my kids were there to snap any for me.

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  14. Psst! I know a few more people in this post now! You'll have to watch for my post!

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