Thanksgiving and togetherness

Elliott's amazing Lincoln log creation

The kids had to photograph it from every angle. But I will spare you the bulk of the pictures

Pie table

Hanging around cooking and watching cooking

Cozy Rilla and Tori

Evan teaching the kids Dutch Blitz.

Stars in his crown!

Dabbling in a little Black Friday shopping. I don't think we bought much, but we like to see the crowds. 

This is something I feel I should be able to do. 

But I can't. So I take pictures in the hopes of one day waking up amazingly crafty.

A hand of rook that needed to be saved for posterity by someone.

Aunt Lindsey and a gaggle of neices and nephews

Rush hour

This year, I had all my students do photo booth Christmas pictures and then decked the halls with their pictures

Gilbert really likes this fallen tree

Bud the horse got loose and rampaged through town. Finally he was located in someone's yard and Justin walked him home. 

Isn't this a cool door? Not mine--I am not that creative!

For Cheyenne's birthday, we had a girls weekend in Syracuse. 

Some friends from Canada came down. Lovely weekend! 

Snowbunny

Climbing the apple tree

Catching snowflakes

Snowcat

I take a lot of pictures of these things don't I?

Some more variations on the moving back in picture.

A busy, crazy day

And a lovely Sunday to follow it up with!

The Drabbiness of Fall, New Land, and the First Snowfall

Owen and his deer

Helping to pick up sticks

Amazing maples

Checking out the river

Lily and her Harry Potter robes. And my amazingly messy house.

The halloween leftovers. Poor pumpkins

Owen and Ashley's maple avenue

Sunday afternoon reading

Corn in the field

Puddle boots

Running

Enthusiasm

Walking back to check out our new land

Isn't this an amazing tree?

There are a few old, falling down stone walls

This is a spot we are considering for a house. We are still tossing ideas around, so who knows. 

Lots of goldenrod seed heads. 

This was Wednesday evening and as we sat in meeting that night, I saw a tick crawling up Elsie's neck. SHIVER. I hate ticks. 

The hay field on our land. 

It still really amazes me that we own this land. Us. Really! 

Justin was a good dad and carved pumpkins with the kids

This must have been the beginning of November and it looks a lot more like summer than the end of April looks like.... 

Clouds....!!!

Our first snow in early November. 

Clearly, everyone had to get outside and run around in the new snow. 

Road to work

Pine forest

Winterberry bush

I LOVE winterberries