The Ward's: Thanksgiving….

We stayed at mom’s house. Mom and Ken have done a lot of work on the house one room at a time and through the changes we are always so comfortable and that house always still seems like “home”.

Nice picture with Memaw:

Mean football game faces…

We spent Thanksgiving day at stepsister Stacy’s beautiful house with Mom and Ken.

This is Stacy and her son Brandon. Stacy helps take care of her grandbabies and also happens to be a wonderful cook-especially cakes – and Brandon will be finishing nursing school soon.

The lovely Hannah – Stacy’s youngest.

Hannah’s extremely large yet extremely sweet and playful great dane. I think she’s a little dog trapped in a big dog’s body.

There were many others there, but didn’t get a pic of everybody. We really enjoyed seeing everybody.

I was bummed that my dad’s side of the family was going to be on Sunday, the day we’d need to travel home….so my wonderful aunt Sue invited whoever could come to her house over for dinner and desserts Friday evening. Aunt Sue has always been like a second mother, as my dad lived with her for about 20 years. I loved that she tried to bring the fam to us since we couldn’t go to the fam. As Brett would say, it “made me soooo happy”. We had lots of good food and got in a really good visit. And Brett napped in my dad’s old room, which had been completely made over by my Aunt Sue, with the help of my aunts and uncle and cousin. Brought me to tears, his room looked so different but still included him and his memory and some of his things at the same time. In fact she’s redone the entire house and it looks amazing.

Aunt Sue:

My beautiful cousin Melissa (works at vet’s office and is a guardian angel and care taker to all creatures) and her super awesome family-lovin’ boyfriend Brad. (like him a lot)…

And, the lovely couple again with Melissa’s dad, my Uncle Gary.

Dad’s oldest sister Mae. All around sweet woman who makes one mean pumpkin pie and has LOTS of grandbabies to love on these days.

Uncle Olan (Mae’s husband), Brett, and Jadyn-my…3rd cousin! So sweet!

Sweet cousins Connie and Deb, and cousin Rob

Aunt Bonnie, and Laura – Jadyn’s pretty mommy!

My Grandma Cresap. She just turned 88 years young in November. I love this picture of her in mid-laugh. She was getting some laughs by taking her teeth out for Brett.