Thanksgiving 2009 - what a difference a year makes! This year instead of being sad because I didn't get to go home from Thanksgiving, I was glad because Hank was able to come home for Thanksgiving. 
Odd that the equation changed just because our kid went off to college. Hank arrived at the Denver airport @ 7pm on Tuesday night. After a happy reunion, we traveled to our favorite local spot, AJ's Tavern , and had one of Jim's famous burgers and they are the best! A friend of Hank's met us there and it was fun hearing about the antics of college life.
On Thursday, for the third year we were invited to a families in Wiggins to share the day. There was so much food, lots of an extended family and games. Hank and his age group settled in for a game of War and Henry and I taught the little ones to play spoons!
Friday, football was on the agenda and we watched Alabama squeek by Auburn to hold onto their undefeated season. Snowboarding was on the Saturday schedule for Hank and off he went to spend the night at friends for an early departure. They had a great time and arrived back to the ranch about 5pm.
Sunday came too soon and after church and lunch we took Hank to the airport for his return to Butte, MT. Henry and I settled in for the night and to look forward to the next holiday - Christmas and winter semester break when we will all travel to Alabama to celebrate with friends and family and especially our grandson, Jon-Wilson.
I love to take photographs of naked trees. Recently I went for a walk in the late afternoon. Within a mile distance from the house, I grabbed these shots. It was cold, the air crisp and there was still a small about of snow on the ground. As the sun set the sky changes from a brillant blue,
to a pink and gold to finally a shimmering gold low on the horizon. Hard to believe these three different pictures were taken within 300 yards of each other and on the same evening.
One of the pleasures of living on the Colorado plains is the beautiful sky scapes.
