November 2019

November 5th

Was Samwise and my 2nd anniversary of dating.

It's interesting to see how we've changed since we've met.

Every Day

A random doodle.

I played the Wisconsinopoly with a few siblings.

They can get a little goofy.

I got home from work,

 and thought how the sunset reflected off my van window was neat.

So cute!

(Still unnamed) 

Samwise and I met with Father R.

He gifted us two of his battle Rosaries.

Samwise got the gold one and I got the silver one. 

Sunset

Lunch with Gretchen

One Sunday afternoon Gretchen asked me 

if I wanted to take her to the new Thai restaurant in town.

Their tea is super good.

Thai food definitely has spice to it! 

You can get it 0-5 amount of spicy and even a 0 was too spicy for me.

Baking

Baking some pies!

I'm slightly messy.

I sprinkled allspice on the unbaked pie. 

Than took a toothpick and swirled it in a circle.

I love how these turned out.

I didn't get to sample these. 

But I did hear they were good.

A cookie I decorated.

I believe one of my little siblings ate it.

A peach pie I made too.

I used a cookie cutter for the turkey shapes.

I cut the peach and leaves out myself.

One of the turkeys got a little burnt and the peach was a little toasted.

It was still very good!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving morning I went to Samwise's families place.

I went out with Samwise, his father and his brothers.

One got 2.

Waiting for dinner.

Samwise's family always do a wonderful meal.

They smoked the turkey, it was some of the best I've ever had!

The younger 3's table.

After visiting with Samwise's family we went to my mothers parent's place.

My mom's mother invited my dad's mother as well as another of her son-in-laws mothers, 

to join our family on Thanksgiving day.

I took these photos before myself and a few other older granddaughters 

shooed the trio out of the kitchen.

The grandmothers had granddaughters who can clean up for them. :) 

Saturday after Thanksgiving December 3rd  

Teri and I sorted socks.

This little girl (Beth) was stealing the miss-match socks.

She had 3 on each foot and not a single two were alike!

My mom invited Father Eric from Madison over for dinner.

 Since it was the Saturday after Thanksgiving, 

my mom turned the dinner into her Thanksgiving get together.

We got the fancy china and glasses out.

Tommy put some light on the deck.

The adult table.

The younger children's table.

The teens and Teri ate in here.

Billy and Brooke joined us for dinner.

Billy helped our mom cut the turkey up.

Lucy can be very unenthusiastic when it comes to photos.

One of my mom's younger sisters and her family joined us too.

Father E enjoyed my siblings and younger cousins' company.

Father gifted us a comic book of Pope John Paul II.

Trying to read over your cousin's shoulder looks a little uncomfortable.