Ma and Pa's Blog

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Sebastian’s Halloween message made us smile . . . over and over.   Thanks!

Pumpkins from senilegenius on Vimeo.

Christmas decorations . . . and mallets.

Classic . . .

We had a great day for the Thanksgiving gathering yesterday — sunny and just cool enough to dissipate some of the heat from the kitchen.    Rain had been predicted, but it held off until overnight — when it came down as snow!   Now it does feel like Christmas is just around the corner.    Caleb said, “Today’s the first day of Winter!  When we get home we need to get our Christmas tree up.”

First Snow 2009

It’s been a good year and we have much that we’re thankful for. In a few hours we’ll sit down for the annual feast, and in a few hours and a few minutes we’ll declare how we over-indulged yet again. Then, hopefully, we’ll embark on another year that’s as good as this one has been.

The autumn colors have been spectacular the last week or two.   We’ve enjoyed the vistas, but we haven’t taken the usual hundreds of photos.  It seemed kind of silly to continue accumulating images that no one can really distinguish from the prior years’ versions.   Anyway, here are shots of our backyard today.    Yesterday, when we finished raking the front, there wasn’t enough in back to bother with.   After last nights rain, it’s a different story.

We were visited by a dinosaur and a Transformer this weekend!  The kids were in town for a family birthday party (Brandon and Julie’s Anna) and spent the night with us before returning home.  It was fun time, and we can’t wait for the next visit.

. . . and good luck.

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