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Friday Favorites - Thanksgiving 2023 edition

And, after planning for this day for an entire year, it's over and the clock is reset for next year! Happy Friday this post-Thanksgiving day.  As usual I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika and other bloggers who planned to put out content today/this weekend.  If I don't get it done today these pictures and memories will most likely stay in my head forever. . .it's that time of the year. FAMILY This year all the "regulars" were present and accounted for :)  The intro picture with our oldest goofing off with his glasses is the Bell family that generally gathers together each year. . .the above picture with our youngest doning the ridiculous glasses includes the addition of our Maxwell framily and Jason, a regular Thanksgiving guest at the table.   And this is the crew that travels from Knoxville and Chattanooga to be with everyone: These people are enough to fill my "Thankful" list but there was more, of course. BEAUTIFUL TABLE DECORATIONS We had an

Weekend Wrap-Up - Family, Friends, Football, and Food

  Let's start at the end. . .this was the view as we were leaving pickleball on Sunday evening :) November 19th and warm enough to enjoy the outdoor courts! I'm joining up with Sarah and Holly for Hello Monday - thank you ladies for providing this link up! As I mentioned Friday , I was looking forward to picking up my brother and SIL at the airport that morning, then my sister was driving in that evening so we could all spend the weekend together. Their flight was on time, and they were in my car just after 8:30 a.m.  We picked up Stephen then went downtown for breakfast at Pete's  They are no longer open on the weekends, so it's rare we get to go there anymore.  It was a delicious breakfast, great to catch up, then we walked around downtown, Stephen giving us a great tour (I wasn't familiar with a lot of the places he showed us).  I tried to get a picture but ran into resistance (shocking) and didn't push it.  It was too important to enjoy the time together t