Our Thanksgiving was wonderful! We stuffed ourselves with turkey and ham and all sorts of wonderful side dishes (Thanks Peggy and Gordon and Carol!) and then gave our tummies an hour or so before we re-stuffed them with desserts! WOW!!! I don't know who was more stuffed, us or the turkey! :)

On Friday, after we left Peggy and Gordons, we went to WoodBee Tree Farm on Whidbey Island. This is our FAVOURITE place to get our tree each year. It took us awhile to select 'the' tree, but as you can see, we eventually found it....the one! Ben was quite helpful to Mark this year, getting right under the tree with him while he used the saw to cut it down! Just the kind of help every Daddy needs! hehehe.....Paige and Ben dragged the tree out...they insisted on doing it themselves with no help from Mom and Dad!

We managed to find a way to tie it to the top of the van and then we rushed for the ferry...which turned into a two hour wait as the ferry was running behind AND we missed a run due to overload...AND the restaurant at the terminal was closed because they had run out of food!! We have NEVER heard of that before but hey..Welcome to Whidbey Ilsand! haha...

We got home about 430 and dragged the luggage and tree into the house. We set the tree up and Mark and I did the boring part-stringing the lights on it! Then the kids all put on their 'own' ornaments and of course, each one was strategically placed to offer the best view...Sam was able to be king of the tree as he is taller and could put his ornaments much higher! :) As you can see, our tree is beautiful...and at only 6 feet, is the SMALLEST tree we have ever had...I am falling down on my duties and will promise to do a MUCH better job next year!

We hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving holiday and are ready for Christmas (we still have our shopping to get done!)....more importantly than gifts and 'stuff', we hope all of you have your health and lots of family and friends to share this magical season with!

Hugs
Mark,Jaye and Gang