Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving at my mothers this year, which is our tradition. It was a great few days and as always - Betty delivered. We drove down Wednesday night after work and had a late dinner with her and Mike.

True to Lee's nature when we got up, he put Ava to work in the backyard.

Here she is blowing off the back patio.

and raking... a lot...

We watched the parade and enjoyed seeing some of my mom's customers, Gloriana. She texted them and told them they looked great - and they texted right back... from the float!

We relaxed on BeBe's porch. Lee insisted we take Rainey - the new puppy. BeBe was soooo excited. Not really. Nor was his mother on Saturday when she had to drive us back!

Ava in her handmade Thanksgiving hat, complete with Turkey Legs on the sides!

Everyone had their favorites - and BeBe makes it look like it only took a few minutes. My kitchen would never recover. The mess and the time this would take me - well lets just leave it at that. We are always amazed at how she makes it so effortlessly!

The hostess... and EVEN Joy came!

Mary Catherine, Reed, Grace Anne and Ava.

After dinner Jeannie, Jack, Brack and Taylor came over to visit. Always soooo good to see them!

Later we drew names for Christmas and played board games. Grace Anne taught us a new game called "Who Knew" which was a hit. I tried to teach a game - but it didn't exactly take off.

And the Binkley's slept.