Hello, Betsy shamed me into downloading my pictures and getting on the stick. Everyone was here for Thanksgiving. Ashley had to work until 3:30 p.m. and Bob likes to head back to Palm Coast before dark, so we started eating around 3:30 and Ashley caught up. The Lions were playing, but not winning so we could eat before it was over. Ryan and Tracy got here about 4:30 a.m. as Ryan worked until 2:30 a.m. and then they came here and went to bed. They woke up in time to eat and then shopped Black Friday from midnight until 7 a.m. Kyla stayed here the night as Darin and Ashley had to work on Friday. We decorated a gingerbread house. Friends came from Tampa on Saturday, we went out to dinner with them and our friend Howard who is in assisted living and then came back here to watch the Florida/Florida State game. Terry and Karen spent the night and left on Sunday morning just as Tracy and Ryan were returning to go to the Jags game with us. (They're a losing team!) Tracy had just gotten off work (7 p.m. -7 a.m.), but she stayed awake the whole game. They left about 8 p.m., didn't want to spend the night because Tracy has an accounting class on Monday mornings at 9 a.m. Today I am washing sheets and towels along with all the rest of the laundry I have been neglecting.

The boys helped Rick get the tree down from the attic on Thanksgiving, so it is in the living room, naked. I thought I might do a little this week, but all the stuff is still up in the attic. Rick had an MG club meeting last night and he goes to Tampa for a Board of Trustees meeting Thursday through Saturday. We are joining some friends who have a dock 1\2 mile from here on the creek to watch the Julington Creek boat parade on Saturday night if Rick gets back in time. The holiday festivities have started, but not my shopping. If I had some good ideas, I could go.

These pictures are not the best. My little camera's memory was full. Kyla and I went to the Veteran's Day parade and I thought she was taking pictures, but she was taking videos. I would delete it all, but I think Rick might want some of the pictures on his computer. So, Rick brought his big camera home from the office to take pictures and when we were all ready and we had it on a tripod, his battery was dead. I took these pictures with my i-phone, but by then Bob had left and no one was in the mood, especially Kyla!

love to all, Marilynn

I added the pictures after my text but I would like them to all line up next to one another. I made the last one bigger, but you guys can place the cursor over the picture and blow it up, right? I could do that with the ones Betsy sent.