Thanksgiving Travels

Our Thanksgiving found us on the road again. I wish the van had frequent driver miles. We spent Sunday night through Thursday night with Roger's family. The family rented a condo and had a great time. It was so nice to have everybody together. We made a mini vacation of it and stopped by Meramac Caverns, noted for being the infamous hideout for Jesse James, and little "zoo" on our way. We then spent Friday night and Saturday with my family. They came to our house for Thanksgiving. We we were worn out but loved getting to spend so much time with our families. We did take time to reflect on how thankful we are for our families and how the Lord has blessed us during this last year of changes. God is faithful.

Sprucing up outdoors

Landscaping has never been our forte, but we really wanted to have a little more pizazz to the outdoor spaces of our house. We did some and hired a good portion of it and we are very pleased with the results. The best part has been the addition of our much needed patio. We chose to go with a stamped concrete. It has been a wonderful. We bought a fire pit table and have even roasted marshmellows out there with the kids. The picture here is of the patio area. To see more of the landscaping and clearing out we did check out the photo gallery. Along the back fence we have cleared out a over 5 truckloads of overgrowth. The hardest part was the vines with the huge thorns. It was the bulk of our overgrowth. I still have scratch mark scars from it. We called it "Devil Vine" and Aiden called it "Ouchy Vine". While those may not be the scientific names, they are accurate.