Our first holiday Thanksgiving

Celebrating our first holiday in our new home was a truly thankful experience and we were able to share it with a good deal of our family, and considering the travel time for them, we were truly thankful to share the day.

My daughter and grandsons had the longest trip - more than 4 hours. They were our first overnight guests, staying Wednesday and Thursday nights. Their favorite spot - the shower! Everyone had to try it out! That certainly makes for the most unusual holiday tradition!!

My son Shawn worked the morning, but made it before the turkey was gone. His favorite - the refridgerator! Just kidding, he loves the sunroom best.

Here are Tom's mom, brother Kevin with his wife Judy, and (aunt) Sister Mary. Sister Mary took more pictures of the house than I have! Coming from Albany, they made the trip in 3 hours and returned home the same day. While they were here we had a surprise visitor. A red-tail hawk perched on a tree just outside the sunroom and preened for about 5 minutes. No pic - we didn't dare move and disturb him.

I did remember to get a pic of the first fire however. I was almost glad to see the weather finally cool enough to light the fire.

December 6 - it snowed. And when I got a look at the view (out of every single window in the house!) I was thrilled to see snow for the first time since I was a little kid. I didn't even mind shoveling - well, that is because Tom did it all.

Just a dusting, maybe next one we can have a snowman...

More visitors to Lot 4

Patrick, Donavan and Abigail (my nephews and neice) are up from Florida on vacation. They were excited to come see the house being built and gave it a thourough inspection! They all rated it as very cool and were excited that we had a guest room for them to stay in when they came again.

Coming from Florida, they were amazed by the basement. Abigail decided to wait to see the upstairs until there were real stairs there. Donavan wants to know why two people need three bathrooms. Patrick noticed more detail and asked more questions that I ever thought of!

A treat at the ice cream stand finished the day wonderfully!

Visitors come

My two grandsones, Ryan and Joshua (ages 9 & 7) checked out the house while visiting this week. They have decided it is cool! They especially liked the big trucks, the giant piles of lumber and the fact that we have the whole neighborhood to ourselves... ah well.