O' Shenandoah Thanksgiving

It's tough to compete with that beautiful iris, but I thought I'd post some pics of the scene out on the Shenandoah. No trip would be worthwhile without my getting lost, but this time around I managed to do it with a Neverlost navigation system and Kyla both in the car. It's a long story (aren't they all!), but we managed to find the homestead after all.

Thomas was soooo excited when he saw the tractor. He knew what it was and he wanted up on it. He then proceeded to pull every lever very happily until he found the horn, at which point he was really excited. A.J. had to pry him off of it.

Here's Dan trying out the juggling sticks. Keith and Dan have a competition going on with just about everything. I'm not holding out much hope for Keith on this one.

After hearing about the famous Corvette rework, I had to take a picture when I finally got to see it. Speaking purely from a midlife crisis point of view, it was a bit disappointing that it wasn't flesh colored.

A view of the table and some of the remodeling job. You're looking toward the back deck through what used to be a wall! Keith told how one of his first setbacks after knocking out the wall was to realize that the electrical panel for the house was right next to it, and that he had to rerun virtually every circuit in the house.

Here's Keith working on one of the two turkeys, and John working on the ham they brought. He had specially decorated it with pineapples and cherries, a favorite with their two girls.