We have many things to be thankful for this year! Danny and I have both been blessed with new jobs, all our traveling on the roads have been safe and we've had a house to come home to every time! We have amazing family and freinds who love us and lift us up in prayer, and a God who has taken care of all we need most times before we even think to ask! What more could we want? Thankfullness, what a wonderful way to being the holiday season...
As most of you know we visited family in Northern California for Thanksgiving...we left Wed. night and got to my parents 1/2 hour before Thurs. morning! What a drive, but we made it. We spent Thanksgiving over at Aunt Pat's house in Sacramento. I helped my mom cook dinner while admiring all the fall colors in my Aunt's back yard (she has some beautiful trees and she has a really neat garden!) We ate much like most of you, then opened some gifts sipped on hot apple cider and ate some more! It was nice just to be with family, that I'm most thankful for!
On Friday we braved the stores in Folsom! A group of us got together and the guys went one way and the girls another...Danny didn't have to be in a group of girls the whole time! That night we walked from my parents house to
downtown Placerville and met up with some friends! They had the tree lighting cermony down there and there were bands and horse coach rides and all the stores were open late for people to browse around and enjoy the crisp night air. We sipped on tea's and coffee's and caught up with old friends.The next day we spent at Apple Hill, or Camino, Ca the town I grew up in! That was fun, we got
up early and got fresh apple doughnuts, apple fritters and coffee to keep warm. We had to use an ice scrapper on our car and it was even colder up the hill! A group of us walked around we took pictures looked at crafts got apple cider laughed talked and enjoyed the beauty! We met up with friends and just walked around and went to a few more apple farms. That evening we got together to play games with Mary, James and Katie. We hung out and got to see Mary and James' new place they call home.On Sunday we let the boys sleep in and the girls (my mom, sister and myself) got up early to have breakfest together at Sweetie Pies! Ummmmm...then we went home, packed the car and Danny and I were off. We had got a book on tape from our friends and that did help the drive go much faster! We stopped at Danny's parents on the way down for a quick hi and dinner and now we're safely at home! Yeah for family, friends and cold weather! We're thankful to be home safe and sound but we miss you when we're not there!
Buttercup does get lot's of treats, walks and attention with my family and I'm sure that she misses that. She also had a run in with a deer and she likes to chase the squirels but hasn't been able to figure out how to climb the trees after them!