Happy Thanksgiving

We hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving with family and friends!  We are sending good thoughts to everyone!

 

School pictures

Ayson 10th grade

Addie 8th grade

Home volleyball game on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we went to Grandma Collene's house and helped her prep for Thanksgiving.

Addie and Adam cuddling on the couch.

The boy and his dog.

The family!

On Friday morning, the boys went hunting while Amy and Addie went with Auntie Julie and Kaela to the mall for a little bit of Black Friday shopping.  Afterwards, we all went to Grandpa Chuck and Marie's house for an Italian feast!!

Marie's daughter and her boys joined us for dinner:)

We took home three big boxes of leftovers!  

The kids agreed on a tree in record time this year!

Petting the cute corgis at the tree farm:)

Saffron relaxing on Amy and Adam's bed.

We set up the holiday village scene and decorated the tree - hopefully the dogs won't get any ideas with the tree!!

 

Volleyball and Puppy Walks

A busy week with three volleyball games and Adam away at a meeting. We hope our family and friends are staying healthy and looking forward to the holidays!!

Monday's game was in Tully.

Ayson and Amy took the dogs for a walk on Tuesday afternoon (Friday too) while Addie was at volleyball practice.

 
Wednesday's game was at home and ended before 7 pm!!

Thursday game was at Cazenovia.

We petted the pets on Sunday :)

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Silly Jet - impersonating Pig the Pug again!  

Pets and Kid Pics

A short week for the kiddos with no school on Veteran's Day. Thank you to our Veteran's for their service!!  

Amy went back to work on Thursday and it was good to see everyone! On Friday, Ayson had a field trip to Onondaga Community College with his 10th grade class while Addie came home Friday morning not feeling well. 

Monday

Saffron climbed up on the deer head!

The puppies were SO happy to se Adam!

Monday evening was the Cross Country banquet - a tradition for over 30 years where the athletes/families each bring a dish to pass and the coaches give awards to the athletes.

 

Addie and her friends/classmates.

It snowed on Tuesday but not enough to go sledding. The dogs did have fun!

Off they go!

Addie and the bridge she made in Technology class - it was one of the strongest bridges and could support almost 40 pounds before breaking!

Addie insisted that her cat, Thunder, wanted a picture with the bridge...Thunder look enthused.

Addie eating dry ramen noodles...sigh.

Ayson and Stormy :)

Healthy/Happy and Warm/Dry

We hope our family and friends are doing well, are healthy, and staying positive.  Even though we are currently down to one income, we feel very fortunate to have a warm house (fire wood cut and stacked by the boys last winter), reliable vehicles, and plenty of food (even though the kiddos constantly tell us "there's no food in this house...").   

The kids had Tuesday off from school. Ayson milked cows Monday night with a cold and he took it easy on Tuesday.  Amy and Addie went galivanting Tuesday afternoon after Amy made banana bread for the kiddos.  

Addie is now in Modified Volleyball and the games started Friday and there are two games planned each week through the middle of December - eek!  

Warming up.

Addie in action.

Ayson working on his math homework.

Adam finished sanding the floors and before he could seal and finish the floors, ALL of the surfaces of the rooms had to be vacuumed and Amy spent Friday getting rid of the wood dust!

The not so little puppies!

More Furlough Flower Pics

A section of the front garden has snap dragons that self seeded - so pretty :) 

New York Aster

Sedum

Yellow leaves on the otherwise leafless mountain side.

In addition to the 5 roses that are currently blooming, we still have lilac that are blooming!