November 2016

We always get our Christmas tree on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and this year was no different.

We all go to the lot — including most of our adult children – – and search for the one tree that everyone can agree on. It used to be that we would argue and take sides and everyone had their own favorite, but for the past several years it has just gotten easier and easier. Everyone seems to agree and agree quickly. So, it didn’t take long and we had the tree that everyone loved.

Piper and Tess were extremely excited to go. Piper says she has never had a Christmas tree and could not wait to help pick one out. Tess couldn’t seem to tell me if she had ever had a tree — no idea why she didn’t seem to know for sure.

These three were just too cute together — Madelyn and Joshua with cousin Asher.

I love this picture of my granddaughter, Madelyn. She looks so sweet.

Now I just have to see if I can get someone to put the lights on the tree cause I really don’t like putting the lights on and I have already put them on three trees so far — granted, they weren’t very big trees.

Thanksgiving

“The kids keep watch out the front window, and when the first car pulls up, they yell, ‘They’re here!’ which starts the dog barking and running in wild circles. The front door opens to snow and hugs and wool scarves smelling of cold, and in tumble small chhildren, followed by moms and dads carrying bowls of cranberry relish and pans with still-warm bread. Everyone kisses their hellos, pulls off coats and mittens, and the dog just keeps on barking, gleeful at the chaos, at the front hall piled with snowy boots, at family, together again.”

Cullen Bailey Burns