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Thanksgiving and Getting Ready For Christmas

We had a nice Thanksgiving with family and friends. It really was a good day and we all enjoyed visiting and it would have been truly perfect except for the fact that Joey could not make it. He was feeling very bad and could not come – though Shannon brought the kids for a little while so we got to visit with them. We are hoping he will be feeling better soon. 
I actually got almost no pictures of our day and I really regret that. It just seemed to get late so fast and there was so little light that I only took a few pictures and most of them were just too dark. I usually do a much better job in the camera department, but not this year. So the only two pictures I have to post of Thanksgiving day are these next two. The first one is of two of my girls, Katie and Emily – one a nurse and one a police officer. Then I have one of adorable baby Finn – 3 months old. He was not the youngest here though, as our newest grandson made it and he is only 2 weeks old. 
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Oh, and I forgot to mention that we had a total of 46 people here Thanksgiving day. It may sound like a lot, but it didn’t seem like that many. 
As soon as Thanksgiving was over Bethany and Tess got the idea to finish the tree up in their room. Bethany put the lights on it – clear this year. She wanted clear lights and to spray the tree with snow and only use a few ornaments. They have a small tree that we bought at Walmart for only $22 and they love it. 
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The last three pictures are of our granddaughter, Evelyn, who definitely wanted to get in on the decorating.  Everyone had fun and the tree is finished. It looks nice and I think Bethany, Piper and Tess are happy. 

Sunday

Yesterday, I basically had nothing planned except going to church and practicing for our Christmas program. It felt kind of like a lazy do nothing day to me and that’s pretty much all we did. Bethany did decide she thought it would be fun to look for all the stuff she and Piper and Tess used last year to decorate their room for Christmas – maybe even decorate a little. It hasn’t been the best week for Bethany as her blood sugar keeps going up and her doctor had to start her on insulin — something Bethany has dreaded. She got her first insulin shot yesterday and it was not nearly as bad as she thought it would be. She had been very concerned about this shot for days so I was glad her first shot was over and she had gotten her enthusiasm back. Anyway, I decided it would be great for Bethany and Piper and Tess to hunt through their storage closets and find the Christmas decorations that they used for their room last year.  They had a great time going through stuff and finding what they wanted to use this year. 
Bethany decided she wanted to change using multi colored lights for their tree to the clear ones — and she wants to spray some snow on it. Everybody agreed. Unfortunately, their tree from last year was in really bad shape so we had to throw it out. I think we will be looking for a new one today or maybe just get a live tree – can’t decide. They did have fun most of the afternoon going through Christmas stuff and planning for their room. It was a nice day. 
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While they were searching, Bethany found an old bell necklace she had gotten when she was about 8 or 9 years old – made her happy. 
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