Friday, November 28, 2008

Fall's Final Fling

A little bit of this:





And a little bit of that: (My friend Becki and I felt pretty grown up cooking the whole Thanksgiving meal on our own, but you'll see we "chickened" out on the turkey this time! These were the Martins' contributions-- let us know if you need a new spin on sweet potatoes because this turned out to be pretty yummy.)




Just a little of this:



And a little bit more of that: (Stay tuned for directions on this EASY mandarin orange cake, which I'll put in the sidebar later on in the week-- since lots of you seem to like trying new recipes too!)

All of this and that to say, farewell fall! Thanksgiving marked the end of our first autumn as a family of four. We're sure to never forget you, so don't be jealous BUT...

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...now is the time for seeing visions of sugarplums and decking the halls!
Starting today with a little of this:




Check back throughout December for a whole lot of THAT!

(Can't wait to see yours too!)

1 comment:

The Gieses said...

I have to say that Hope's scarf/boa made these pictures all the more festive (and cute!). Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all - Katrina, your last minute dinner additions looked good enough to eat right through the screen.