Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving, 2009

Our first year to host all of David's family in several years. Rachel was itty-bitty last time we had everyone over at the same time.

The adult table.....

Mmmmmm....the turkey cooking.

The kid's table....

Mom having a little libation before the onslaught of the in-laws began.......

Rachel's first foray into the daylight.....It was 11 am :)

Carving the turkey

Chris reading one of my most favorite magazines....Garden and Gun

Rod and Joshua

Juanita (Nanny Cooper)

Denise
Hmmmm....who is that?

Cutting up the turkey...

Squash casserole, Hash Brown casserole, Sweet Potato casserole, Mac n Cheese, and almost out of view is Nanny Cooper's dressing and gravy.

The turkey, green beans and cranberry sauce.

Chris, Rod, Bill (Papa Cooper), and Jeremy.

Joshua

David reading King David's prayer from 1st Chronicles 29:10 before our prayer.

Paying attention to the lesson

Listening to her son read from the Bible....


It's time to eat!


Jeremy....

Rachel's plate!!!!!!! How does she eat so much and stay so thin?


David waiting on his mama....

Denise....






David's finally in his place at the head of the table.

I ate my dinner in my chair....a quiet place. :)

It's Papa Cooper's 78th birthday

Chris putting the finishing touches on his blueberry pie....

Opening his presents....

Denise, Rod and Joshua
Hey Nanny!!
This was his 78th birthday....not 87. Guess it depended on which side of the cake you were on......Perspective. :)

Papa Cooper getting ready to blow the candles out


David

Joshua

Big Dave enjoying a cigar with his brother....

Matthew

Megan, Matthew's girlfriend.

Jeremy

Melody didn't want her picture made, so........

She ended up getting smooched on by her dad.

Our House...Thanksgiving Day, 2009

Come on down the drive.....

Head on up the front steps....



Come on in........

Fall wreath...almost time for the Christmas wreath......


The kid's table.....

Close up of our Thanksgiving table.

The place where I lay out in the sun....


The bench on the back porch....

A shot showing the headboard and the footboard.

Pillows and more pillows....you can never have too many.

Close up view of the quilt design.....I love my quilt!

The hunt scene Daddy gave me for Christmas one year.....

The view towards the master bath door.....

view towards the door leading out to the great room.

My view in the morning towards the window looking out over the backyard.

Mom's garden tub.....and where Rachel was nearly born. :)

Lots of candles for mom.....
Nice fluffy towels for mom.....

Vanity in the master bath.....


Baby closet in the master bath....a piece of furnture that David's parents bought when he was born....drawers on one side and a place to hang baby clothes on the other. We used this piece in Matthew and Rachel's nursery. Now I use it to store placemats, linen napkins and other items for my tables. It makes a nice place for one of my jewelry boxes as well.

Guest room vanity....the picture in the frame on the vanity is the main gate at Woodward taken at night.

Another shot of the guest bathroom vanity