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Friday, December 6, 2019

When Family Gathers . . .

It can be for many reasons. The best ones for most are celebrations of happy holiday times together. That's how part of our family spent the recent Thanksgiving holiday. 

This post has a lot of smiling faces for which we are very thankful. Several years ago, the holidays were not happy times. There was a lot of family tension and discord due to my mom's failing health. Thanksgiving was the last holiday we celebrated with her.
We traveled to Lancaster, PA, to meet up with members of my family who traveled there from NJ. My brother, Tony, his wife Anita, their daughter Julie and husband Michael and their daughter Autumn Rose. She's the first of our two great nieces born in October.
At just over 6 weeks of age, this holiday was Autumn's second celebration after Halloween although she didn't trick or treat this year.
There were quite a few a lot of family photos taken with her. She napped through many of these, including some with her parents.
While she also napped with her grandfather, Autumn posed with her grandmother. Yes, she has a full head of dark hair just like both of her parents.
Great Uncle Pat (Grenville) must have shared a funny turkey story because she really gave him the most big smiles.
Maybe, he was telling her about how her family members took photos wearing the silly holiday hats and headbands provided by her grandmother (middle photo above).
This newest and smallest family member made everyone's holiday even more special. We'll
 see her again and other another new family member during the Christmas holidays
That's because we will be meeting our second great niece and Autumn's cousin, Savannah Marie. She and her parents Jamie and Mike spent the holiday with family in NJ. 

Grenville and myself (Pat and Dorothy) hope that your celebrations included special time spent with family and friends. Our family is relatively small as parents, grandparents and several aunts and uncles have passed. We remember them as we celebrate and make new family memories. That is what matters most to us. 

17 comments:

Jon said...

It's obvious that your Thanksgiving was joyous and memorable. The older I get the more I realize how important it is to have cherished times with family and friends. The photos are great - - and I love those turkey hats!

Anvilcloud said...

TG hats are new to me, but I think you should consider watering them all of the time.

MadSnapper said...

so glad you could spend time with your family and the newest members of your family... so much to be thankful for.....

DUTA said...

You're right. Autumn gave Grenville her biggest smiles. She looks adorable, and not only in his arms.
Good family members and friends are hard to come by in these messy times. We should highly cherish and appreciate the ones we have.

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

Seriously beautiful children and seriously bad hats! We don't have Thanksgiving over here though by chance I did visit my 98 year old aunt on that day.

Edna B said...

I love the photos. Your little Autumn is beautiful. Looks like all of you had a marvelous Holiday. You have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.

gigi-hawaii said...

It's nice to have an extended family like yours. I, too, love my grandkids. Glad to know you had such a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Emma Springfield said...

The lovely and loving pictures make me feel warm and happy. Family is everything.

NCmountainwoman said...

I loved the family photographs. And what a beautiful head of hair on that sweet baby.

Michelle said...

Nice to see that your family is together and spending time during the holidays. That baby is sweet and I know you will enjoy watching her grow up.

Nil @ The Little House by the Lake said...

Those photos are so precious. It’s lovely to be able to see family members often, isn’t it?

Linda said...

Such happy photos of smiling people!! And the babies!! Just beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

Judging by the photos, a great time was had by all. Autumn Rose is BEAUTIFUL, Dorothy! I can only imagine what Uncle Pat was telling her...:)jp

Rain said...

Those hats are great lol! Beautiful photos!! You all look so happy. And yes, family is the most important. For us, it's just me and Alex and the furries, and they mean the world to me! We celebrate every moment together!! :)

My name is Erika. said...

What a wonderful group of photos. Everyone is so happy. You are lucky to have so many people to surround you with love. Hugs-Erika

PipeTobacco said...

Very nice photos!

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William Kendall said...

You had quite a time.