November

Here are some great pics from November. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and Happy Holidays to come. November for us was extremely busy. Athalie's birthday and church dedication on the 15th. We also had some very sad days, Todd's Grandfather passed away. There were a number of trips up to Asheville and back to visit at the hospital. Along with that came child juggling which is never easy on anyone. Doug kept the kids, Todd's great-aunt Joanne, and my mom also kept the kids. Everyone was busy. Our refrigerator broke, taking with it all of my frozen garden goods and lots of other stuff too. We tried to finish putting in the tile kitchen floor (it's still not done.) All in good time. We are thankful for many things, so onto December. Yea for Christmas. We just got our tree. It is so tall it barely fits in the room. 9 1/2 ft. It is beautiful though. Todd and Emerson picked it out while Athalie and I went Christmas shopping. (Possible new Simons' family tradition, who knows.) Oh, we also visited Indiana for Ethan's birthday party. That was a hard trip, but well worth the time and tears.