On Thanksgiving evening. Sister Ramey and niece India joined me, Jesse, and Andy for a delicious feast and some fun family visiting. Cait and Kathryn couldn't make it, and we missed them.
After cooking for two days, I didn't do much of anything on Friday: read some and watched a little Netflix. Even took a nap, which I rarely do.
On Saturday, Andy came back over. She and Jesse started the decorating by putting up the tree and decorating it. Then we had a late lunch of spaghetti, rolls, and salad and watched the Iron Bowl, the annual football classic between Auburn and Alabama. Alabama won, as we were hoping, but both teams played very well and gave us a good game. We also took our own time out to remember my and Vann's 28th wedding anniversary. I couldn't believe that it had been that long since our wedding or that Vann has been gone from this earth for our last 14 anniversaries.
Today, I did some more decorating: the mantel, dining table, kitchen table, and foyer. Below are a few pictures with more to come in the days ahead.
The star of the mantel this year is the old window frame. Instead of the floral print that normally appears behind it, I've added a Santa fabric panel. I saw the idea on Pinterest and found the panel on Amazon. Jesse put it in the frame for me.
Again this year, I brought out the knitted stockings and two of my favorite Santas to decorate the fire screen.
One of my many Santas and the cross-stitched Noel add some holiday red to the mantel.
Vann's doggie nutcracker got his annual candy cane.
And the tree.
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On 11/27/2022, Barbara Anne said ...
How wonderful to gather together to celebrate with family at Thanksgiving, to relax the day after, and to see Bama beat Auburn!!!
Your decorations are beautiful, love the new Santa in the window and the Christmas quilt tree skirt! Please send your helpers here as I could use their help in decorating. Ta!
Hugs!
On 11/28/2022, Mary said ...
Your home always looks so festive! Thank you for sharing your creative ideas. Now I must go and look for creative places where I can hide candy canes, like in that doggie nutcracker!
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