Thanksgiving 2018

It felt so odd to not have Austin at home for Thanksgiving.  We sure missed his loud self.  

We had to include him in our picture of "our kids"

I sure am Grateful for Dwayne

my sweet girls.

the big boys were at Aunt Libby and Uncle Herbie's house, but Dallas was there "cheesing".

Daddy and Marilyn

Daddy with his girls.

Uncle Porgy with his girls, too.

Janice & Porgy

Dwayne with his momma and sister.

Dwayne with his momma, sister and cousin Gloria. 

Rhonda and Sarah doing their signature Barbara Thorne move.

It is always fun to get out Granny's table cloths and table runners and momma's pumpkins and also pilgrims and indians.  

we had some great food. 

and sweet desserts

Sugar, Sugar, oh, Honey, Honey!!!

Went to Visit Austin at Grad School in DC

So I got into College Park, Maryland.

This is the view out Austin's bedroom sliding glass door.

so sweet to see him.  He is always so excited.

of course he had Clinton paper dolls on his desk!!!

he shares an office with 4 other grad students. 

this is his desk

he cracks me up!!!  Grad students are poor.

we walked all over DC and saw the white house and other monuments. 

they were decorating the national Christmas tree.

we saw a wedding in the park.

we were TIRED!!!

I thought this was neat.

this is looking out the window of Austin's classroom.

this is where he learns more about how to draw. 

he has my theatre.

his apartment.

token picture of the white house. 

we ate yummy mac and cheese from a vendor at the Smithsonian Institute. 

Riding the Metro subway.  He was very good at it.  

one of the drawings he worked on while I was there.  

the Metro!!!

Elmo at the Smithsonian.

Grandmomma's brass bed. 

the sitting area in his apartment.  

he was working on an Alice in Wonderland project for school  It was sweet to see him working.  He did surprisingly well with water colors.  

I am sorry these are not in any kind of order, but I am tired and this is how they uploaded.