Happy Thanksgiving!

Meg, Mary, John and I shared a delicious Thanksgiving feast with Pa and Nini. Mary and John helped Nini get ready yesterday, then today Mary helped Meg with the mashed potatoes and the pecan pie - both of which turned out wonderfully.

We are all grateful for the health, happiness and prosperity shared by all our friends and family. We hope everyone reading this enjoyed the holiday and found much in their lives for which to be thankful (like proper grammar).

Nini and Millie

Chris and Meg

The Ferris Family in Pa and Nini's backyard

Mary walking Millie

Trip to La Grange

Last Sunday, Mary, John, Meg and I drove out to La Grange, TX, a remote town about a 2 hour drive from Houston. Jim and Delrena, friends and neighbors of Pa and Nini, invited us to visit their son Barrett's weekend home. Our friend Cara and her daughter Mary O (we call her that to distinguish her from Mary F) also met us up there.

Barrett and his friend Nina were wonderful hosts. We went for a long walk to feed horses on an adjacent property. Delrena hid dozens of Easter eggs for the kids to find. And we all took turns driving Barrett's ATV over his expansive property. It was a wonderful way to spend a warm spring day. We were only a hundred miles outside of Houston, but it felt a lot farther than that -- in the best possible way.

The song in the video, BTW, is called "Free" and it's by the Zac Brown Band. We elected not to use the ZZ Top song "La Grange" for our video. But you can listen to that here.