Autumn's Bounty

Squash are one of the many reasons fall is my favorite time of year. Thank you Chris for growing and harvesting all this lovely deliciousness for us!

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Chris' family this year and it was delicious. A big thank you to VV and Pop for cooking up a scrumptious turkey dinner and hosting a lovely family gathering. Here is the gang -- post turkey.

Jane really enjoyed the turkey, but the big hit of the day was vanilla ice cream (who needs pie?)

Jane and Cousin Laura

Uncle Matt and Jane (with ice cream)

A big hug for VV.

Lovely Phoebe

Phoebe, Vanessa, and Valen

Van Laanen Ladies - Laura, Phoebe, Vanessa, and Valen

After dinner walk with Dad.

Always stop to pick and smell the flowers.

Passing out blossoms to everyone.

Uncle Steve poses with his posies from Jane.

Pre-Thanksgiving Trip to Mariposa

Jane and I made a little trip up to Mariposa just before Thanksgiving to spend a little time with Meme, Babu, Bridget and Nuh (that is what Jane calls Ben). It was wonderful to see everyone and Jane had such a blast collecting eggs, coloring with Meme and Babu, exploring around the property, and just hanging out with the fam. The picture above is of Ben and Bridget's dog, Dusty.

Coloring with Meme and drawing "Happy Bears" with Babu.

The neighbors' horses.

Lily

One of the dogs scattered the chickens, we found this one perched high in a tree.

Ruby Roo

Jane and Babu

Kitchen sink = tub....sorry there are so many pictures in this sequence, I just couldn't decide which ones I liked the best.

Jane had such a fun bath, she wanted to hang out in the sink even after I put her PJs on.

Shelling and eating pine nuts with B and B.