Gobble Gobble

Was it Thanksgiving or Christmas? I am a bit confused with the snow and all. Let's see, where does the story begin.... This year Will and I hosted Thanksgiving Dinner at our house. After many many years of searching for the perfect dining room table I finally found one. Actually, I found the table a few years ago, but really had a hard time spending the money on it. With no luck at finding anything else, I made the purchase about a month ago and it was delivered in time for the holiday. We decided since we now had a table that would seat everyone it would be fun to host. I realized once I started looking through my pictures that I was so focused on the table decorations that I didn't really get a great picture of the entire table. At this point I have not purchased the chairs, so we are using a random selection. So, maybe the close up pictures are better. Once we have the chairs I can post a table shot. Oh wait.... I also need a rug and a light fixture. Guess my dining room makeover is not totally completed yet so stay tuned.

To breakdown our Thanksgiving Holiday we had fall decorations, snow, tons of food and at any Evans/Sessions family gathering a project. We will begin with the fall decorations...

On to the snow... I secretly love the snow as long as I don't have to go anywhere. Thank goodness everyone was able to get to our house without any trouble. We all had a fun time. However, watching people go up, wait go up, no really go up okay well maybe just down our hill, was  great fun. It can provide hours of entertainment as long as it is not you on the hill.

With the cold weather Will's pond started to freeze over. It was pretty, but the poor fishies have to be sooooo cold. They were still swimming around, probably trying to keep warm would be my guess.

Icy pond



View from the front door.

  

 

View from the deck.



Look at the snow coming down!



 

Welcome!

Time to get the table ready!

One thing I have always wanted to do is decorate a large table including all the place settings and centerpiece. Now was my opportunity to do so. It was fun! 



Handmade place cards and all! I had too much fun.

  



One of my random selection of chairs. It's cute!



Getting hungry?? Okay, here is the food! Another reason for having Thanksgiving at our house is that Will just got a new smoker and he wanted to try and smoke a turkey. I think we are all in agreement that is was a huge success!!! 

Look at that turkey! Picture perfect!



Sweet potatoes, rice potatoes, stuffing and more!



Look at those veggies and salads. Yum!

A little something for everyone.

So, it is not a holiday gathering without a project from Ma "teacher" Evans. She always comes up with some fun things for us to do and this year we made turkey's. They were pretty cute and tasted good too!!

And of course it cannot be a family gathering without a group photo:

Nice smiles everyone!

It was a successful Thanksgiving. Great to be with family, beautiful to see it snowing and fabulous food provided by all. I honestly think this is the largest Thanksgiving family gathering we have ever had. Quite fun and maybe a new tradition started. Cheers and until next time!

JET

Tales from the Pumpkin Patch

It has been years since I have been to the pumpkin patch. It was kind of spur of the moment but Lexy, Peter, Will and I ventured out to Stoney Ridge Farms in Everson. It was soooooooo cute! I remember why I love going there. I was a bit of a shutterbug and could have been  more so but I think they were getting embarrassed by me. Only Mom, Amber and Amy would probably understand all the photo opportunities out there. Anyway, where to start...................... oh yes, the amazing truck welcoming you in with all the wonderful pumpkins, gourds and fabulous fall colors.



When you like taking pictures it is like being a kid in a candy store at the farm. What to take a picture of next and can I get it in quick before Will rolls his eyes at me???

Lexy thought the donkey was pretty cute and he was posing so nicely.

We couldn't believe how big the farm has gotten. There we so many animals to see and there were hundreds of people there. They said the weekend before they had gotten over 10,000 visitors to the farm. That is amazing. They were all coming for the carmel apple pie I know it!

So, what were we on a mission for??? Pumpkins of course.

Look at all the great colors! Nature is pretty amazing.

On the way out to the field of pumpkins we ran across a corn maze which we had to check out.

This was pretty cool. I have never been in a corn maze before and we honestly got caught on a couple dead ends that we had to turn around and find another way.

It ended up being a beautiful day even though I am all bundled up like it is snowing.

Just having fun with the camera.

We did finally make it out to the patch. We found the perfect pumpkin and a scarecrow or two.

More photo ops from around the farm. It is just so cute I couldn't help it!





They had many boxes and boxes of apples for sale and a large orchard to walk through. Most all the apples had fallen to the ground if they were not already picked. There was even a pumpkin tree. It was quite amazing. Didn't you know that pumpkins came from trees??

Told ya! Okay maybe not so much but still fun!

Another fun adventure. Enjoying time with friends and family. Thanks for sharing this with me, cheers and until next time.

JET

Spoooooooky!

My holiday decorating always starts with a vision, but doesn't necessarily end up how I pictured it. I am not a huge Halloween fan, but for some reason this year I decided I wanted to bring out my inner Martha. Unfortunately, my pictures are not very good. It is very cute or should I say "spoooooky" in person, but you will get the gist.

Watch out for spiders!!!

 Last Christmas mom found some very pretty black Christmas balls, which I had bought for my tree in Seattle. I decided I would use them as part of my decorating for Halloween. Then I saw these great crows at Jo-Ann Fabric and my vision started coming together.

I don't think black crows are really a sign of good luck, especially in your house, but so far no problems.



I love stretching the cobwebs. They are too cool!

 You can see in the background of the above picture the fireplace mantle. I have been decorating this for a couple years now and actually found a bunch of black candles that inspired that. Again, my picture skills need improvement, but you will get the idea.

I had to take the below pictures quick. The candles are pretty, but the cobwebs go up in smoke quickly and then it becomes a hazard that Will would prefer not to have to deal with.

Okay, this is not really a Halloween prop. We really have a barn door in our house. Looks pretty old and creepy huh?

More Halloween pictures to come as the month goes on. Hope you enjoyed these. Cheers until next time!

JET