Leftovers

It's hard to believe that all that is left of Thanksgiving,

is a little turkey, stuffing, cranberries and a whole lot of warm and fuzzy memories!

Did you know we have a unicorn on our farm?

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day meal with our neighbors and friends across the street.

Then Friday, celebrated with our family here at the farm.

Hubbs smoked a turkey,

and unlike last year, 

(we ended up smoking a couple of chickens after our smoked turkey end up as jerky),

this year's turkey was moist and tender and delicious.

(We also grilled a London Broil... just in case.)

(I tried to remove my face from this photo, but ended up looking a little like Cousin It.)

I enjoyed a full two days in the company of my littles and not-so-little-anymore.

I had one on my hip for much of the weekend.

And when the littlest one was occupied, had time to play a few games with Tyler.

(Apples to Apples, Disney version)

Saturday morning, we all went to get Christmas trees for the farm.

We left early to try to beat the rain that was headed our way.

The rain came ahead of schedule.

After several failed attempts at finding a "special" tree farm,

only to later find out that they don't open until this coming Friday,

we returned to the farm empty handed...

but with a few funny memories.

(two stories involve a random blond woman that both Hubbs and Tyler mistook for me)

We'll try again this weekend and hope the weather cooperates!

Saturday's rain became Sunday's ice...

and we awoke to a crystallized world.

All of our gate clips were frozen shut.

After all these years of using a hammer to open them when frozen,

we learned via Dr. Becky, to just hold them in your hand for a moment and they thaw!

It was a lovely, though short lived, wintry world.

By afternoon, the sun was out.

The ice melted.

And our world returned to puddles and mud.

Still, it was great to be outside with the sun on our faces!

One last moment from the weekend that I wanted to share with you...

just because...

there's something about a three-year-old...