It's the big one!

 Last week I had a birthday.  Not just a regular old birthday, but a big one.  I turned 60!

Like everything this year, covid made regular celebrating difficult.  But, it was still a nice day.  I had the day off, and had an appointment to have my hair done.  While I was there, it started snowing, huge flakes coming down and it snowed most of the day.  Although I'm not much of a snow fan, I have to admit it was pretty!

Bob had left me a nice card, flower and some candy.  He had to work until 5, and of course, no restaurants are open to eat out right now in our state.  So, we had chinese take out and some birthday cake at home!

My sister also dropped off this cute little arrangement.

I got cards from Alaina and Ruby, cards in the mail from friends, including some of you. and then was surprised that afternoon when the doorbell rang and the 3 little girls that live next to us brought over cards they had made.  They were very proud of them, all decorated with colored tape and stickers!

We had a quiet evening which included a phone call from our son in Kentucky.

The next morning it was back to work for me.  I am usually the first to arrive in the hall with the offices in it.  I unlocked my office door, stepped in and was shocked!

That's my desk!  It was full of black balloons, and also colored one, each with a message.  I had to start popping balloons before I could even work.  I popped the black ones and set the ones with messages on the other side of the room.

I sent a message out saying I was unable to work as my desk was too full, but that excuse wasn't accepted.

Here's a few of the balloons.  I loved them - such a cute idea.

Later one of the nurses brought me this gift.  A real rose in that globe.  Isn't that cool?

So, it was a nice brithday, and there was still one celebration to come.  I'll share that with you tomorrow.

Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving was different for us this year, as I know it was for many of you.  Usually we would have all of my family over, which amounts to about 25 people.  However, with several people sick with covid, including my Dad, we decided this year to just have our own kids over.  A meal was brought over to Dad and Ann, as he continues to feel pretty crummy.  He is no longer having the fevers, or the body aches, but is exhausted and I think it's going to be hard for him to get his strength back.

So, it was much quieter here this year; just Aaron, Laura and kids, and Andrew and Heather.

Here's the whole group around the table.

After dinner, the girls talked Uncle Andrew into playing a game with them.

Uncle Andrew and Aunt Heather also brought along a gift for the girls.  It was a gingerbread house kit. that they ended up doing later that afternoon when they went home.

We also went outside to take a few photos for our Christmas card this year.  I'll share that with you later.  Aaron and Laura had me take a few of their family; we didn't do any of Heather and Andrew because I have to get out with them soon and do some maternity shots.

Here's Aaron and Laura's cute family.

They all went home later in the afternoon and we had a quiet evening.

Different, but still a nice day, and still much to be thankful for!

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