Grateful.
It’s so lovely to be back with you. I missed yall while I was away.
I’m sorry for my absence. We’ve been busy traveling, loving on family, and taking a break from the hustle and bustle of life.
So is everyone’s house decorated for the Christmas season???
I’m SOO jealous!! Today’s torrential downpour paired with 7 hours of traveling in the car didn’t make for the best Christmas tree purchasing/decorating evening.
So instead I’m going to live a few more hours surrounded by fall leaves and acorns and share a little of Turkey day with you….
My in-laws have the most picturesque setting and redilicious barn to enjoy sweet potatoes and dressing.
We spent the morning setting the décor and I contributed with a few blogland inspired ideas.
We collected branches from around the property along with a few pinecones to fill the vases before hanging paper leaves and turkeys from the branches. Everyone was able to write what they were thankful for and we’ll have them for years to come.
These pom poms have been all the rage (I especially love them in nurseries), so using natural coffee filters and a ball of newspaper I followed a quick tutorial over at Hey Sis and created a little fun to hang from the rafters. They looked great!! So I couldn’t resist taking a few more pictures!
The next touch was a creation of my imagination…with nearly 40 family members in attendance place cards were set out to assure everyone a seat.
They were as simple as they look :o) A pinecone wrapped with some gold ribbon…I used my Silhouette to cut out both scalloped and flat circles. Everything is attached with a little hot glue! Cross your fingers with us and hope they save until next year. Maybe we can double dip in place setting usage.
The food was to die for with more choices that one girl could ask for, and trying a little bit of everything was not polite to the waistline. My dish, I dipped a few cake pops
and aunt Diane created the cutest edible acorns!
I am so thankful for the time spent with family, remembering all we have to be grateful for.
A few more pictures. Enjoy.
And what recap of time spent with III’s family would be complete without a nephew montage.
Here is his stint at the official photographer!
I can now comfortably say goodbye Thanksgiving
HELLO Christmas!
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This is UNBELIEVABLE, my word! I want to eat my holiday dinner in a barn! (when I woke up this morning, I would not have believed I was going to say that today) The pom poms are just the icing on the terrific cake of a table. Awesome!
I think everyone dreams of a big Thanksgiving dinner just like this, in a barn with family and good food…and a perfect table! Love this!
That Thanksgiving table is by far my favorite I've seen so far! Did you really do all that? It's AMAZING, AND ADORABLE,I AM UTTERLY IN LOVE WITH IT, wow you are so creative. I love your post on the Christmas Canvas' too!!!
the setting looks so pretty! you guys do up thanksgiving way more than both mine and my husbands families. i'm also super jealous that you guys got to eat outside. it's rarely warm enough for us to eat thanksgiving dinner outside.
I love everything about it! Everything looks so pretty.
what an AMAZING thanksgiving!! and i NEED one of those cake pops immediately…they look divine!! xoxo
WOW, how fun was that!! All the photos were awesome, but the barn, the tables, the people, just awesome. Looks like a wonderful time! We are having downpours too, so hang in there.
Your pictures were gorgeous and the decorations were breathtaking! Super cute! Glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!!
Happy Monday!
Jessie