Things I'm Thankful For!

Hope everyone enjoyed a happy and safe Thanksgiving. I had a wonderful day with my family. I have a fairly large family ~ 2 brothers and 2 sisters and lots of nieces and nephews plus my parents too. We always have a blast when we all get together. We are very blessed and very fortunate. I thank the good Lord everyday for them and for the wonderful parents that we have that raised us in a loving Christian home.

It's hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner. I've not been a very good blogger lately ~ just been too busy to get in here to post anything. I did manage to get a couple of pictures of the gorgeous trees and leaves in our area. This fall the foliage has been beautiful. We have some Bradford pear trees in our front yard that have turned awesome shades of red and orange. I got these pics about a week ago. Today after a lot of wind and rain most of the leaves have fallen off the trees.
You can see our little home in the background!

My husband and I have also just celebrated our 21st anniversary. Bless his heart he has put up with me and all my stuff for all these years. He's also my best friend! I scanned one of our wedding pictures and one that we made today. He still has a lot of facial hair but it's a lot more gray than black! I've learned the secret to hiding my gray hair! He is still just as sweet and charming now as he was then when he won my heart!

WOW!! What a difference 21 years makes!

There are so many things that I have to be thankful for not just at Thanksgiving but everyday. First and foremost is my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He has blessed me with my husband, children, family, friends, my health, a wonderful job and so much more. To Him be all the honor and glory! Blessings to you all!

Shopping is HARD work!

Well I spent the whole day yesterday shopping with some of my friends. I do mean the WHOLE day too. I got up at 4:30 in the morning and got ready and we met and drove 2 1/2 hours to some wonderful outlet shops in Georgia. Got in around midnight last night. I'm still trying to recover today. Just not as young as I used to be!(LOL) But we had a great time of shopping, laughing and fellowship. I found some beautiful red toile plates with Christmas trees on them. They will look great in my red kitchen for Christmas. Found some other neat things and good bargains. We were suppose to be Christmas shopping and I think I bought one Christmas gift. However, it did make me want to come home and put up my tree and all my decorations. Here is a pic of a few of my friends ~ Samantha, Tina and Lynn.
You can't see Vickie and and Lynne W. in the front. Thanks to Lynne W. for her driving and her big suburban. We managed to have it packed full by the end of the day.
Here is a picture of my Christmas plates and I love the apothecary jar filled with ornaments. Of course, I will have to change out the ornaments with some of my vintage pink ornaments!
Well, I've got it get moving or I will get nothing done today. Blessings to you all!