Thanksgiving at Joel & Sherry's

This is my brother Joel and his wife Sherry. I took this picture of them in front of their home in Florida. We stayed with them through Thanksgiving.


They have always had a lovely home with many decorations to make the holidays special and this year was more beautiful than ever, it seemed to us. I was telling Cathy in CA how beautiful everything was and she wanted me to blog about it show it in pictures. So here it is.




The front of the house




A little closer to the front door.




The entry..



With a grand piano,



Entry table,



Christmas tree,




With a little saying about family being the best part of Christmas by the tree,




..and even decorations in all the corners and spaces everywhere. I didn't take pictures of everything.. because they are in all the bathrooms and little areas where pictures just do them justice but everything looks great.




The living room from the entry..




Fireplace,




From the dining room,


sideboard,




end table,



coffee table,


and really beautiful candle screen.


Looking out toward the pool and golf course from the living room.




An angel collection in Sherry's office.




The dinette area in the kitchen, complete with gas fireplace.



a different angle,




looking out the window while sitting at the dinette.


Joel on the golf course. Well..



Actually, he's in the dining room. This picture was painted by a famous artist in their area and it was in the home when they purchased it. They didn't realize until later that it was actually a canvas painting on the wall. They have talked to the artist about it since and he told them he painted it for the former owners. When Joel & Sherry remodeled the home, the original artist helped them to preserve the painting so they wouldn't ruin it and could keep it in the home. It's a beautiful picture and was painted to look like the golf course behind the home. I'm sorry I don't remember the artist's name.



The family room with a real, wood burning fireplace.


Comfortable furniture and good friends, Don,




Julie, and their daughter visiting with Grandma.




The coffee table in the family room.



The dining room table decorations.



The Cornucopia




Thanksgiving dinner..







Joel & Sherry and their daughter Autumn. Autumn's husband, Michael had to work during the week but they spent Thanksgiving together in Williamsburg, PA.




Here's a picture from L. to R. of Autumn and her dog Star, Will, Nate with Sherry's dog, Chablis, and Micah. We were all so happy to get to spend some time with Autumn that week before Thanksgiving, even though she had to leave the day before.



Mom with Joel & Sherry. She was so thankful to be there with them and to see all the family while we were there. That was the highlight of her life this past year. Sorry, I didn't get many family pictures.. but that's how I am I've noticed. I take pictures of things.. more than pictures of people.. and when people are around I'm visiting and don't seem to think about taking pictures unless someone else starts taking pictures. Oh well.. I have lots of happy memories in my mind. :)