O Christmas Tree

The Saturday following Thanksgiving, we started our new tradition of driving to Havana to cut down our own Christmas tree! It was lovely, full of beautiful memories and images and sights and smells. Almost all of this I would love to show you (minus the smells, of course - you can use your imagination, it was divine) but, of course, after all the Thanksgiving picture-taking, my camera was on its last leg, and I only managed to get a few shots in:

Lily was actually thrilled with this tree. She marched right up to it and began clapping. That's Jason in the background preparing to saw it down!

After choppin the tree (a beautful pine - complete with petite pine cones!) we got it up and began the home transformation from "Fall" to "Christmas". Even Mowgli got in the spirit!

I am SO excited for the upcoming holiday!

We Are Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! This year, Mommy, Daddy, Baby Girl and the Greifs went to Ponte Vedra to spend time with Great Grampa! It's been several years since we've spent a holiday in Sawgrass so we were all thrilled to go back - and to show Daddy and Baby Girl around! We drove over early Thursday morning and met up with dear friends for dinner at the Country Cub:

One of my absolute favorite ladies! Mrs. Byrd.

Family photo op. Yes, Jason and I match. No, this was not planned.


Dancing with Aunt Brenna on the porch

After dinner, we broke out the band! Mommy rockin the trumpet.

Lily trying her hand - she's a natural!

After dinner, Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Brenna and Great Grampa went out for drinks and some beautiful music at the beach club. It was lovely.

The next morning, The family drove on down to the beach!

Ready to roll! Lily had a blast riding backwards!

The Atlantic

Lily was not a fan of the wind! It was a bit chilly!

Looking for shark teeth - we found several!

Before we knew it, it was time to head home. We watched Backyardigans, dozed and snacked on leftovers the whole way back!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Opa, Y'all!

So, immediately following the Halloween festivities, Mommy, Daddy, Baby Girl and Aunt Lisa headed to the Greek food festival. It's a fabulous Tally tradition every fall. I was especially happy Aunt Lisa could come with! You see, before she moved to Yankee Land, we used to make a day of the festival, going in the early afternoon and then later enjoying an evening of Greek deserts and a showing of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Tradition resumed this year, and all was perfection!

Waiting with Daddy for some Greek yummies

In the desert line - where else?

We love the Greek Food Festivsal!