Thanksgiving on Instagram

Hi friends!  Have you recovered from Thanksgiving?  I'm not sure that I have yet.  Once a year we get together with my husband's family.  The cousins get to reconnect as do the adults.  Such good times!  This time, we (adults) hit the karaoke bar and walked away with a blackmail video or two - yikes!  Nothing says closeness like singing Paradise By the Dashboard Light with some of your favorite people.  Anyway, we don't get to see each other often enough, but when we do we have the best time together!

If we are connected on instagram, (cottageandvine) forgive me for repeating myself, but I thought I would share a few pictures that I posted over the weekend.

Each year over Thanksgiving, I beg a family member to take pictures of us.  I still need to go through them all and make a selection for our Christmas cards, but this was one of my favorites.

After eating a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner made mostly by my mother-in-law (who by the way did not sit down until Friday), I vowed never to eat again.  The food was delicious as always - thanks Kathy!

If you are looking for a crowd pleasing appetizer I highly recommend this one.  Can you see how many hands are reaching for it?  It was that good!

I always, always enjoy these girls!

One of the best parts of our visit is seeing how the cousins interact.  I love to see how our boys handle themselves too - setting a good example for the young ones.  Sometimes I hear myself in them - not sure if that is good or bad ;).

We returned home to much cooler weather and enjoyed our first fire of the season.

My head is reeling with client work, the holiday to-do list, etc.  I say this every year and this time is no different.  When it comes to decorating, I'm going to keep it simple.  I already feel overwhelmed with all the decorating I see going on everywhere.  Do you?