Snow At 1718 Gardenia

Ok...I know....it don't take much snow to get Houstonians all worked up.

We came back from a great pizza at Doyle's with having had light flurries from about 5 pm on.

Then around seven it picked up and the whole neighborhood was out taking pictures (including me as you can see) and kids were laughing and screaming. It lasted about an hour.

A little snow in Houston goes a long way.

Thanksgiving 2008

As we made our annual pilgrimage to San Antonio for Thanksgiving we did it with prior knowledge that Andrea, Shane, Gabe, and Chase were not going to be with us for the first Thanksgiving in a looooong time. They made the trip to Atlanta to give thanks with Tyler, Hannah, Coppelia, and Estee for their first family Thanksgiving.

The GuidryPeas drove in Wednesday around noon to help Janel prepare the feast. Andrea's gang we learned were to be replaced by Robert & Cheri Griffins family so the crowd was not thinned at all. Two turkeys were cooked and an extra portion of homemade noodles had to be sliced and dried.

As usual Janel's meticulous table settings were marked with name cards prepared by Jenna and everyone's Indian name was written underneath. Mine was Patel (oops...wrong kind of Indian). We finished the evening with a round of Cranium and began planning for Christmas 2008 right back in San Antonio.