November is a month of celebrations for our family. This year we added a few. Michala's birthday, my 77th birthday, Skye's 15th birthday, a successful surgery for her, all led up to a busy Thanksgiving. We had a bountiful spread of food and 17 of us spread around 2 tables.
Thanksgiving 2017
Before all the dishes were washed and put away, Ben began pulling out Christmas decorations and trees from the storage closet! Trees were up but not yet decorated by the Sunday after Thanksgiving which held 2 big events for Olive- his baby dedication at First Baptist Church in Richmond (a whole pew of relatives) and his first birthday! More people arrived to celebrate with pizza and birthday cake.
Nora and Oliver all dressed up for church.
Joe and I are in a group that meets for dinner and poetry readings and the meeting on November 28 was at our house. By that evening, we had decorated 6 trees, wreathed all the doors, and placed our many nativity scenes. Nora helped with everything and Oliver is old enough this year for his blue eyes to shine with wonder at all the lights and color. So we end November and begin Advent and the approach to Christmas, thankful for family and celebrations.
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