Oh so grateful

Keith gets in touch with his manlier side

Annika finds the Vermont Hibernation Kit

Our friends Keith, Katherine, Sam, and Eden in CT

Grammy and Anni

and Mr. Pix E. Fuzzybuns

Adam and Laura Lamb (becks bro and sis'n'law

Eli, Noah, doted one...

There is so much to be thankful for everyday of every year. We've just returned from a lovely visit with family and some friends. Our trip started Wednesday and we headed to Atlanta to the night to drop of Rachel (my 20 yr old sister who is currently living with us) and let the fam see our little ham. Then, Thursday morning, we were off to Moss Point, MS for Thanksgiving with the Phillips and Keith's grandparents. It was a grand ole time of taking TONS of pictures of the baby, people watching and holding the baby, everyone sitting around staring at the baby, and then of course, feeding the baby. She had her first bite of meat!! Thanksgiving Chicken! (O: She didn't love it, but I mixed it with peas, so I don't know which she liked least! We left on Sat afternoon and headed to Enterprise to spend a night with Uncle William (aka Mr. Chick, Mr. Griffin, etc.). He was doing well, and it was really great to spend a meal with he and Mary. They fed us a great Thanksgiving meal for folks that don't cook much! Annika loved their dogs and their new kitties. It was too wet and rainy to introduce her to the cows and goats. We waved at Becky (the heifer) and Polka Dot (the goat), though.

We took a trip to Vermont to visit Grammie and introduce her to Annika. They got along quite well and Uncle Adam and his recent bride, Laura, joined us in the latter part of our visit. On the way up we visited with the Kramer family (pastor of the church we visited in Pennsylvania) and on the way back we made our last visit to the Blake's home in Connecticut, they'll be moving to Chattanooga, TN in March.

Otherwise in life, we are still trying to finish the garage. Every day brings a million more things we want to do, a million we should have done, and lots that we're doing. Basically, even this blog is something I intend to keep up with weekly or at least monthly, but like at the moment, a screaming baby desirous of attention keeps me hitting "save as a draft for months."

Here are a few pictures, so that this actually gets posted, no need for all this writing. Pictures type the words for me.