Gobble til you Wobble!

Niece and nephew, Tyler and Kristen.

The Bakers

Aaron's family -- Cute picture.

Mom Baker made these cute little turkeys with candy corn in the cup.

Dad Baker made a fire outside and he and I sat around it and talked for a while.

I went along with Brent to my uncle's house. He was learning to use a shotgun since he is going deer hunting this weekend. I went along to watch. He is a pretty good shot!

Whatever it was, they didn't seem too impressed.

Grandma Hilligoss with her first grandchild.

Grandpa Hilligoss and Uncle Brandon with Maddie

Me and my honey!

This was my first shot with a 20 gage shotgun. The guy who pops his head in and says "Do not try this at home" is a guy I used to call "Turkey" when I was a kid. If you listen closely you can hear him say, "Who's the turkey now?" He is a great guy by the name of Paul who some of my readers may know. As you can tell by the boisterous laughing following my shot, they must have thought I was going to fall over which I almost did. But due to my brother and cousin's careful instructions, I had the stock pushed tight into my shoulder and no bruise resulted! If you listen closely you can hear my uncle tell me not to "hit his truck." It was about 70 yards beyond and to the left of the target so I would have to be a really bad shot to hit his truck! I also fired another weapon, I think they said it was a .410 but I am not sure.

Round 2 with a different gun.

As you can see by the top bull's eye my shots weren't too far off. Brent's shots were the bottom bull's eye and he hit right in the black circle!

Thanksgiving Treat

I couldn't hate talk shows more than I already do. HOWEVER, I will watch and listen to Glenn Beck's shows. He is probably the most sarcastic talk show host I've ever listened to/watched and yet he also seems to make a lot of sense. Jay has been talking about getting his new book when it came out. So when Jay found out he was going to be in Indianapolis and that we were very close to the Barnes and Noble where he was signing books we had to stop by and see him. When I first saw him the first thing I thought was "Man, he is taller than I thought!" Of course, Jay had to tell him that I thought he was shorter and he looked right at me said "You thought I was just that little man on TV, huh?" A really nice guy and his book is rather funny. Definitely would make a good present for a Dad or brother etc. If you don't know his background, you might be surprised to know just a few years ago he was a serious drunk. He got his life turned around and he gives a lot of credit to his Christian faith. His book is a "response" to Al Gore's movie an "Inconvenient Truth."

"You just thought I was the little man on TV, huh?"

Thanksgiving 2007

Let the gorging begin.

The Mad Gab game was no match for the Hilligoss/Lavy bunch.

I got to be with my Grandpa today. How cute is he? I think Grandma will need a shotgun to ward off of all the ladies in the Home. Pretty good lookin' for an 87 year old huh? He is as sharp as a tack!

My mom and her sister, Connie.

Mom's front porch looks so cute I think.

Ping pong tournaments in the Lavy garage.

All the cousins at Thanksgiving this year. (We were short quite a few.)

Jay is quite goofy. I can't ever get a serious picture.

Me with Grandma and Grandpa Lavy.

The Baker clan with the new addition, Maverick Bryant Baker.

I got a picture of my first quilt. My mom had it for a long time. If you look at the top left block, the you can tell the blue is faded in a couple of the triangles.

Maverick in his Colt's sleeper.

Tyler and CJ with Kristen in the background.

Me holding the cutie pie.

Relaxing

While most of you are running around like turkeys with your heads cut off, I sit calm and relaxed. I simply have 4 pies to bake and 56 rolls to make. No problem....

Work was so hectic today that I didn't know that lunch time came and went except that my stomach kept growling. I am just now sitting down to eat my quesadilla lunch, which was actually pretty good. So compared to my work today, baking pies and rolls doesn't really matter too much.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I was hoping we would get to play our football game tomorrow but if it rains there is no way I am going out there. I was just sick for two days. Below are the Lavy linebackers. Wink!