Thanksgiving 2010 @ Granmy & Poppa's

"Oh...There's No Place like Home for the Holidays...
And no matter how far away you roam...
If you want to be Happy in a Million ways...
For the Holidays you can't beat Home, Sweet, Home..."

My Mommy, Our Amazing Matriarch!

Our Traditional Thanksgiving table

Joseph, Elizabeth, Rebekah, Chris (friend alone for holiday), Daddy, Mima

Elizabeth, Rebekah, Chris, Daddy, Mommy, Mima

Our Very Cool Entertainment: Joseph's Piece de Resistance:

“I Hope We Get Fat!”

I hope we get fat.

I hope we get really fat.

‘Cause if we get really, really fat,

We might just get to take a long nap.

I hope we get FAT!

I don’t care, I don’t care, how heavy or how skinny.

I don’t care, I don’t care, how chunky or how creamy.

Just gimme gimme gimme gimme

gimme gimme something to eat.

Espero que nos hacemos gordos.

Espero que nos hacemos muy gorditos.

Porque si nos engordamos mucho,

Quiza tendremos una siesta muy larga.

Espero que nos hacemos gordos.

I’m glad we got fat.

I’m glad we got really fat.

‘Cause when we got really FAT FAT FAT

We got to go take a long nap nap nap

I’m glad we got ridiculously FAT!

Joseph tickling Elizabeth

Joseph tickling Everyone!

Joseph in Wii mode, Jared our future Dr of Osteopathy administering comfort
to Katie, his Mommy to be, Sweetheart

Jared comforting Katie, Rebekah in Wii mode!

Jared comforting Katie, Rebekah & Joseph playing Wii Mario Cart, Elizabeth Chillin'

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The Epic Joseph & Elizabeth photo session 
as Mommy attempts to get JUST ONE non- goofy face!

Joseph trying to decide whether to be a scoundrel or not...

Annnd we FINALLY have a picture! Phew! (OY! Hardest photo session ever...& it wasn't Elizabeth's fault!

Our Glorious Autumn in Virginia

Our Home- Front-Maples, Oaks, Dogwoods, Holly, Boxwood

Home - Front-Cherry, Boxwood, Holly, Crepe Myrtle, Oaks

Driveway Entrance -Impatience, Knock-Out Rose

Home- Front- Knock-Out Roses, Tiger Lilies, Boxwood, Pine,Crepe Myrtle, Holly

Home Front- Maples, Oaks

Our Street_ Chartstone Drive-Oaks, Maples, Burning Bush, Pine

Welcome Wreath

"Give Thanks"...

Give me the end of the year an' its fun 

When most of the plannin' an' toilin' is done; 

Bring all the wanderers home to the nest, 

Let me sit down with the ones I love best, 

Hear the old voices still ringin' with song, 

See the old faces unblemished by wrong, 

See the old table with all of its chairs 

An' I'll put soul in my Thanksgivin' prayers." 

-   Edgar A. Guest, Thanksgiving

Side Yard- Dogwoods, Holly, Oaks, Maples

Side Yard- Maples, Oaks, Pine, Dogwoods, Mums, Impatients,nBlue Bird House, Bird Bath Fountain

Sunroom- Oaks

Rose Garden. Mums, Periwinkle, Wild Strawberries

"Edenwoods"- Dogwoods, Maples, Oaks, Rhododendrun,Pink Camelias

Pipo's Memorial: His Great Loves.....God, Family, America!

                     Pipo's Legacy:  His Motto: "Always Defend Freedom!"
His Flag....His Devotion...His Strength...
 His Passionate Love for America.....My Inspiration....

                     I raise his flag with eyes and Heart Full...

                    ....God Bless America...
...His Anthem: "Stars and Stripes Forever...."