Feeling so so grateful lately, and inspired by one of the projects in Amanda Soule's beautiful book, Handmade Home, I made a new banner using felt, and cutting the letters from some of the upholstery fabric remnants (from my gift in June)...

The morning started with the boys harvesting the last of our broccoli, and digging the last of our potatoes...

I covered the dining room table with easel paper, and set out all of the crayons, markers, colored pencils, stamps and pads I could find. This kept them pretty busy while I got to the cooking...


Always a willing assistant chef, Joshua mashed the potatoes when it was time (the very ones he dug up that morning :-)

The corn that we preserved in September was delicious...

Noah ate EVERYTHING and then some!

After dinner there was plenty of cuddling and we watched " ACharlie Brown Thanksgiving." Adam borrowed Noah's birthday ball for a pillow...

This year was different and a little bittersweet for us. We usually host a big group of about 20, but this year it was just the five of us. For a little while I was kind of sad about this, especially since we've been hosting every year since we've been married, and since this is most likely our last holiday season living here in New England. But, the more I thought about it, the more I looked into the future, imagining the years in the not too distant future that one or more of my handsome boys may want to go to a girlfriend's house, or be a world traveler, or be off to college far away, and miss Thanksgiving. So as we sat around the table this year, and I was able to look around into the faces of the four most special people in the world to me, my heart was overflowing with gratitude.
Whatever season you may celebrate at this time of year, I hope that it is filled with joy, peace, and true thanksgiving!



























































































