In the midst of a final fall cleanup, I found this last bloom hiding in the leaves. #garde… ift.tt/1XnXRy9 https://t.co/rqqLd0HC12

In the midst of a final fall cleanup, I found this last bloom hiding in the leaves. #garde… ift.tt/1XnXRy9 https://t.co/rqqLd0HC12

The tree is trimmed! Loving the vintage lights from Grammie and Poppa’s house. ift.tt/1jpV2dp https://t.co/OwwUkInPG8

New runners for the table and sideboard! I feel all Better Homes and Gardens now. ift.tt/1lm2cAI https://t.co/65mTgjDkMu

Thanksgiving 2014 was largely undocumented online, save for one tweet and a couple of photos. The long and short of it is that then-three-year-old Connor puked in his car seat in the middle of our 2.5-hour car ride to Grammy’s house, then proceeded to deposit liquid poo in his diaper while we were at Thanksgiving, such that we worried that we’d be out of extra clothes (and possibly diapers) by the time the day was done. Then, as we drove home, the roads iced up and we skated across a couple of bridges after we got off the turnpike.
Thankfully, this year was much less stressful.
My brother-in-law had to sit this year out, due to feeling a bit under the weather, so it was just the core Schnuth clan heading out to Grammy’s house.

Before we left, I did note that the Thanksgiving cactus was preparing for its annual display (despite it being in a much-too-shallow container and being dusty as all get-out).
We left a little later than anticipated, so dinner had been ready and waiting for a while once we arrived. Mom took a picture of us before we tucked into her delicious meal.

I forgot how I <3 Pixar movies! @smoke_suzanne showed us the beginning of Inside Out yesterday, and I had to read IMDB to see how it ended.