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Thanksgiving 2008

We spent Thanksgiving in Montevallo with the Sawyer clan. Aunt Kathy came down from B'ham for the day. It is always a treat to see her. She always is excited to see us and the girls. She was surprised by how much they had grown, especially RuRu. This time she seemed very taken with Bama and wanted to hold him a lot. Of course, we also got to spend time with Granny Sawyer, Mimi and Grandfather, Aunt Lynn,Uncle Joe and Aunt Tina. Mimi single handedly prepared our feast. What a woman! We sure are thankful for her. There would have been some rumbly tummies without all her preparations. Giving thanks is something we should do daily for we have much to be thankful for. God knew we'd need others to encourage and support us on life's journey. I am so very thankful, today and everyday, for family and friends who do just that. I am blessed indeed!

LOOOONG overdue update

My blogging was inter-rupted by Facebook. It became a little addictive leaving me little time for blogging. So now I am going to take a break from FB for a while to get the blog updated. Since it has been so long I am going to start by posting some pics from fall. Some of these were taken at the pumpkin patch and some at the Creepy Crawly Things presentation. I think you'll be able to tell which were taken where! Can you believe those girls holding the snake?! It is a corn snake and is harmless. It's name was "Candy". Get it? Candy Corn!  Sadie Lynne's picture holding it was in the local paper. She loved her"15 minutes" of fame!

Notice in the pumpkin picture the girls are each holding a "baby" pumpkin. They got to each pick one to bring home. Well, my plan of placing them in a creative display, on the porch with the large pumpkin we also purchased, was not to be. When we arrived home  I was informed that they needed to give their "babies" a bath. Soon water was running and pumpkins were being cleaned. By bedtime Sadie Lynne had a bed made for her pumpkin, covered it with a blanket and possibly kissed it good night. When she dropped it (They carried them around like babies.I guess the egg project for psychology class won't be necessary for my girls.) and got a huge crack in it she cried like a baby. (Did I mention she's the one with a tender heart?) Needless to say we made another trip to the pumpkin patch when I told her we'd have to throw the cracked one away. We had a real battle on our hands when Christmas rolled around and it was time to get rid of the pumpkins.

 I wanted to post some pics of them in their Halloween costumes, but can't find them. It appears a roll has been deleted from my files. I'm hoping Chris had them backed up. I'll catch you up on December next time.