It is rainy, gray and cold today in Florida. But a few weeks ago in NY, it was crisp, cold and beautiful. Blake and I went home for two weeks to celebrate Thanksgiving. We ate turkey and saw as much family as humanly possible (we did a lot of driving around, people). Blake's family is kind of spread out. West to Canandaigua and south to New Jersey to visit. My family all lives within a one mile radius (just kidding, it's more like twenty).
I went home in August, but Blake hadn't been home for almost a year. The first week we kind of vegged out. Just enjoyed being home and frankly, I was pretty sick the whole two weeks we were there. Cold, achy, that kind of thing. Happened last year when we went home for Christmas. Must be the shock of living in dry air again or something.
Pictures:
My sister, Jennifer and my niece, Sadie.
Thanksgiving dinner, of course! We had a Thanksgiving at Blake's house on Saturday. Not only were his sisters there, but lots of other people came too. The lasagna was delicious (meat and veggie) and it was just a lot of fun.
Dinner at my parents' house was on Thanksgiving. It was just really wonderful. So much has happened since the last Thanksgiving, and a lot of it recently. We had a lot to be thankful for (as the saying goes).
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Playing "hide the cough drop in the napkin rings"
Blake and Sadie were attached at the hip! Or rather, his hands were attached to her hips because she insisted he "fly" her through the house for hours at a time. It was adorable and I have no idea where either of them got the energy for all that. A year has made a huge change in Sadie. She's outgoing, friendly and definitely has her own way of doing things. She even took to Blake's dad, Tim, like they were old friends the minute he walked in the door, even though she hadn't seen him in a year.
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Putting up the Christmas village with my sister-in-law, Tiegen, at my in-law's photography studio, The Classic Image. It's a bit bigger than the picture, but you get the idea. My mom used to have a pretty big Christmas village. I loved helping her put it up and pretending that when we went to sleep at night, the people became alive and the town became real and it was Christmas magic and I am a huge, ginormous dork.
Anyway, putting up their Christmas village negated the need for one of my own. So, thanks!
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Visiting with the college roomies, Lorae and Alyse! Finally got to meet Alyse's fiancee, Dylan and he is as wonderful as they all said he was. Sitting down to dinner with all of them, and then playing Apples to Apples, just talking... I love the French family.
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There was obviously a lot more that happened, but frankly, this is a blog, not an autobiography. Now, we're settled in for Christmas and I couldn't be happier. New house, new tree, new cat. :)
