More about Kingsmill

Our gathering at Kingsmill was wonderful. We were there to celebrate Betty & Fred's 60th wedding anniversary. We had so much fun all together. Here we are after the Monday brunch ... we're missing Doug, Diana, Sarah and Daniel, who all had to leave early that morning.
Several of us went into Colonial Williamsburg on Sunday ...

Jamie, Sarah, Kayti and I broke off from the group and headed straight to the candy store. While inside trying to decide which sweet treats we wanted to purchase, we saw a fellow tourist wearing a 3-cornered hat. We inquired as to where he bought it, and headed straight there.

We got one for each girl and proceeded down DOG Street (Duke of Gloucester) taking pictures with every costumed person we could find.
At the hotel, Betty spied an osprey nest on the top of a chimney ... we had fun watching the momma bird feed her babies throughout the weekend. Here's the momma ...On Sunday night we went out on the docks, put our feet in the warm water of the James River and watched the fireworks from Busch Gardens.

Happy Birthday, America. Happy Anniversary, Betty & Fred. It sure was fun celebrating together.

Thanksgiving 2009: Love and Laughter!

Thanksgiving 2009 for the Mears family

was all the holiday is meant to be.

The entire Mears family, all 18 of us, gathered together in one place.

That hasn't happened for a long time. Here's "Grandma Betty" with all of her grandchildren ... a.k.a. Grandma's Heaven on Earth!

To help me prepare beautiful tables for the Thanksgiving meal, my mom leant me her prized "Pumpkin Turkey Kit" to use as a centerpiece. However, Betty volunteered to bring the centerpieces, so alas, there was no need for the Pumpkin Turkey. I didn't have a pumpkin anyway, so all was good. Willie felt bad for the lonely Pumpkin Turkey and made due

with ... bananas!

As the day's festivities came to a close, sweet little Jamie left us with one last laugh ...

On to Christmas!