Late November

 I can't believe it's been a week since we got back from our long weekend trip to Missouri for our niece's wedding.

Here are some photos.

I love how old abandoned buildings are finding new life as event spaces! This one was very nice.

They love each other very much and it's a beautiful things to see.

I feel as if I hardly slowed down last week. The morning after we got home, I had and early appointment with my naturopath. Then I had the girls for school and our last day of co-op for this semester. We had small group on Wednesday, and I designed the table decor for our church's annual Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. We decorated the tables yesterday after church, then rather than going to the dinner, Tim and Wes ended up having to drive a few hours to pick up Rachel and haul their car home! Monday I had the girls, which I don't normally do, but Nate wanted to work because he's off on Thursday. 

Tim and I went to dinner with friends to celebrate our friend Denny's birthday!

Can things slow down now?!!!

I'm not really complaining. I'm happy to be able to be involved with people and our family. It's what life is all about. 

I have my turkey thawing for Wednesday night when I will put it in the oven to slow roast overnight! {Here}is the link to Perfect Every Time Turkey. I got this slow roasted method from Emilie Barnes. She mentored me through her books. She was a kindred spirit!

I need to think through what I want to do to decorate the tables. We use two! I have a few ideas perking, and I think they will be nice!

We usually eat around 2:00pm. I'm trying to think of things to occupy little girls who likely will need to stay indoors due to cold weather! 

I'm thinking maybe a movie, and maybe some art. Games for the adults, definitely.

I can hardly wait for Friday! Time for decorating for Christmas!

I read this on Instagram on Monday and thought it was so good.

God does rejoice over us with singing and he made us for his purposes and his glory! What a wonderful thing!