before the decorations, around a thankful home

usually by the second week of November

i'm pretty antsy and begin to pull out all the storage boxes of Christmas decorations.

i love to have all my decorations up by the weekend after thanksgiving.

i peek into each box & decide what i will and won't use.

i love to change things up each year

& honestly find myself using less and less.

(much to my children's dismay!)

now don't feel sorry for them

or think they live with scrooge & i'm all bah hum bug.

they each have a tree in their room that they decorate themselves.

thankyouverymuch.

see, i don't have to be in full control. ha!

this year my November schedule has been thankfully full of photo sessions

so i didn't begin until we returned home from enjoying a wonderful

thanksgiving meal at my parent's home

with my brother and sister in law.

the tree was finished last night before we sent Savannah back to school

& i will soon start wrapping packages

( one of my favorite things).

but for today, a few glimpse around our home

before the decorations.
nothing fancy, no gorgeous table like edie's, but just real life
around our home.
i apologize there are no pictures of a giant turkey & all my family sitting around the table.
i was a little tired of taking pictures by that time & honestly, i think my girls enjoyed a break from the paparazzi!

~

ps, Brinkley is doing much better.

his wounds are healing nicely and he's almost walking without his limp, almost.

thank you for all your kind words!

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
   and his courts with praise;
   give thanks to him and praise his name.
 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
   his faithfulness continues through all generations.

psalm 100.4-5