Peace on Earth? WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT!?!?

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Whatever it is, we "ain't got" it at the BROYLES house when we all get together!!!! What we DO "got" are:

Smiles

Laughter

Eating

Teasing

Story Telling

Noise

More Noise

And Still More Noise.

Some families like to play board games - - - we never seem to get around to that, we're too busy talking. (Imagine that!)

This Thanksgiving was no exception. Just pretend you were here. By the way, WERE you here? In THIS crowd, who would know if a new face showed up!?!

For years we've done Thanksgiving with BOTH sides of my sister's family - - - so we claim her outlaws as family now!!! This is the Holloway clan that was here. Johnna (far left) is Jeff's (center) wife and Jeff is my B-I-L Joe's brother. Far right are my sister Pam and her hubby Joe. Peeking in between Jeff and Johnna are Brooks, Jeff's son, and his wife Courtney.

We ALWAYS intend to get a good group shot of ALL of us, but this happens to be the ONLY group shot I managed to get this year. I'll be telling you MORE about Jeff in my last Thanksgiving post - - - maybe tomorrow or Tuesday.


This is our sweet adorable Cathy and she is holding our newest grandpuppy, Rosie. Cathy is dating our son Kelly and doing her BEST to make him more human - - - where I failed. Rosie actually belongs to Korie, Cathy was just getting acquainted.


Little Piper was entertaining herself with my wagon full of teddy bears. I hesitate to show this picture lest you think all the adults in her life told her to go play with the electric socket - - - which I can assure you we DID NOT, and she was only passing by, but you can't tell that in this picture, can you????


Brooks - - - I believe he was saying something about me taking his picture, but you can see it didn't stop me!


Our "baby" Kyle with our S-I-L, Jason. Jason was multi-tasking, watching the football game AND working on his fantasy football at the same time. I believe Kyle was just hanging out as he HATES football - - - he isn't related to his mother at all.


Mackinley has discovered our "castle" books. Their pages are shaped so that when the book is closed, it forms a castle. He is in love with them and carried them around for a while, weaving in and out of the adult crowd, looking for someone to look at them with him. I'll show the books in more detail later in a TVTT post.



Piper showing off her new pink hair bows.


Chris, Korie's fiance, holding the new grandpuppy, Rosie, on his lap. I think we overwhelm Chris - - - his family is quiet, mature, and sophisticated - - - everything we are NOT!!! But, he keeps coming back, so I guess he likes us just fine.


I close this little unPeace Post with a random group shot.

We had a delightful time together and we were very thankful.

I was especially thankful for football and blogging - - - as I may have already mentioned.

Briefly.

In passing.

In a previous post.

Or two.

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