not a boring week!

 Oh my!  I'm hoping this post will get my thoughts straight about this week!  In an hour, little Anne will be coming for a visit, for a few hours, as her parents have things to do (teacher conferences, I think).  When she goes home, I'll be heading for a small city up north of here with Miss Cam, as she has an orthopedic appointment for her wobbly knee.  (The dr. is waiting for the x-rays to confirm the growth plate has closed, indicating it's time to schedule a surgery...so not a fun appointment, right?).  To add to the fun and excitement of this appointment is that it's close to Lake Ontario, and yes, lake effect snow is forecast, and we all know how I feel about driving in it.   

After the appointment, I need to get some things for Thanksgiving, and some apples for pies.  

I still need to finish getting the guest room ready for Sam and Grace and the two little ones.

Wednesday is Pie Making Day, and Davian is coming over to join us.

Yesterday, after church, Ben and Ashley and little Anya and Elise came over for dinner.  We had ham, applesauce (I peeled and cut four Granny Smith apples, and put them on top of unsweetened applesauce in a glass baking dish, and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, baked, so good), roasted:butternut squash, potatoes, and Brussel sprouts, and rolls.  There were chocolate chip cookies for dessert, as I baked them on Friday.

Here's something exciting...Ben and Ashley are having another baby, the girls are going to be big sisters to a baby...

BOY!!!!

And, Molly and Josh...

Got a new baby puppy, a chocolate Lab, TimBit.

And, Margaret and Adrian with Wulf and Tennyson flew out to Oregon to be with Kathryn and Darius and little Achilles and baby Rhys....(Adrian and Darius are brothers!)...Wulf, in the cockpit!  So cute!

We are only having 25 for Thanksgiving this year!  Only ten of the kids and families will be there.  (Two in Oregon, one in Cali, one in Washington state, and two local that are going to other sides of the family celebrations).  It's going to be a fantastic day, we have invited one of our favorite family of friends to come, they have a boy around Jon's age, and two girls, one Sonja's age, and one between Char and Cam's ages.  

I would mention that awful Christmas parade crash...I cannot even believe that people are justifying the monster who did this, saying it was because of the Not Guilty verdict for Kyle.  ???  Are they crazy?  This man who did this, he's crazy.  There are no excuses.  I am sorry he is so crazy, sorry he wasn't loved and nurtured and didn't have a purpose in life, but....dang.  Those poor innocent people, and all those good samaritans who rushed to help, God bless them.