Happy Thanksgiving

So glad to be able to travel to Roscoe to visit with all the Westbrook side of the family. We are a large group. A loud group. A loving group. And a crafty group.

We are going to do a "Yardcrashers" of our own for my mom. She works in her yard quite a bit but since she is now alone, cannot do a lot of the heavy stuff. Sooo we are going to do it for her while there. The pond is a favorite of the children. Josiah would love to go swimming in it. I hope for one nice day that is not too terribly cold to be able to get the work accomplished. At Thanksgiving in 2007, it snowed, wonderfully large, fat flakes that just hung in the air. It eventually snowed very blustery and was quite beautiful. I think it snowed a couple of inches and for West Texas, that is quite a bit. Avery loved it. She and Brady played in the snow all day. The other little ones were too little or did not care for the cold. It would be fun for it to snow Saturday late evening but I doubt that will happen. I lived there for 18 years growing up and remember it snowing before Christmas, once.

I will try to post some before and after photos. However, it will be next spring and summer before the change will be very obvious!

Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for!

On the mend

It has been awhile since I posted because of various things. Like having a two year old at our home for a week, going to Houston to tend to my daughter after surgery, taking my husband for surgery and tending to him afterward but..... I think everyone is doing well and headed toward wellness! Thanks to the good Lord above!

I have been busy working on some little Thanksgiving books for all the women who will be at Roscoe for Thanksgiving. It has places for menus, recipes, photographs and journaling. I thought they would come in handy once the photos are printed and the recipes swapped. I guess I should not bother putting a recipe section in mine......

I am also working on Christmas gifts for Eddie's side of the family. The great nieces were easy, they all have American Girl dolls and love clothing for them. Our grandson is the only little boy. I do not think he cares since he plays with his sister's Bitty Baby a lot more than she does.... at least all those clothes I have bought and made are being played with, eh?

I love old ephemera and buy it when possible. I like old flash cards and decided to make my own for use on some projects. They are about the simplest thing in the world to make and print out. I used a Manila colored paper to print on so they look more authentic. I think they will work just fine and no one cares that they are not vintage.... they are just the ticket! I guess I might be able to make my own tickets, too......

I am off to make some more things for the holidays......