Happy Thanksgiving 2008!

We enjoyed a beautiful Thanksgiving day here in the sunny South. It was our very first Thanksgiving with just "us". We had a lot of fun and enjoyed a lot of yummy food! Before dinner, while the turkey was cooking, we went to Hopeland Gardens for a family photo shoot and some outdoor fun. It was a gorgeous day! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, too!

Red in the Morning....

You've heard the saying, right? Red at night, sailor's delight. Red in the morning, sailor's take warning. Well, this morning the sky was quite "red". Actually it looked very orange and made everything look like it was glowing. The colors were so rich and vivid, it was simply breathtaking! So, I grabbed my camera and snapped a few photos. Shortly after that, the rain came in earnest. It has been raining all day today, up until just now....when I snapped a few "normal light" photos just to show the difference. It's amazing! (Just remember these are SOTC...straight out of the camera....photos.) I'll post the "normal light" first....

So, you can see a bit of color in this photo, but now look at the next shot that was taken earlier!

Ok, so the photo is definitely recognizably different....but, it just doesn't do it justice. It was so amazing. Everything seemed to be glowing. One of those "you just had to be there".

Halloween 2008

Halloween has come and gone....and finally I got a snapshot of our clever jack-o-lantern. In years past, we have gotten each of the kids their own pumpkin to design and carve, but this year we decided to do something a little different. We had most of the kids draw up their own jack-o-lantern design, then Elise selected something from each design for a totally new design! It was a lot of fun...and it turned out great! This may be a new family tradition!Here is the Royal Family :) Plus our poodle skirt gal and a very sweet pea!

Here's the whole of us...just in case you weren't sure, Chet is a Rubik's Cube and I am not in costume...maybe next year.

So...in answer to Bekka's question...All of them, except Brooke's. I sewed all the Royal family costumes (four years ago when we were in Utah....Chet and Quinn were the two knights then, Kylie wore the dress that Savannah has on, and Elise and Brenden are wearing the same costume they wore 4 years ago). Kylie's Poodle skirt I sewed 3 years ago...and, bless her heart, she's still wearing it :) I'm glad she like's it! The sweet pea outfit I bought in Utah before moving here....anticipating the birth of Brooke, actually. She just barely fit in it! Shewweeee. Chet created his own "Rubik's Cube" costume this year.