Tonight is our date night and we are going to dinner at Sweet Peppers Deli and to a movie at the Majestic 12 theatre downtown. Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the 3rd movie to be made of the Chronicles series. This should be a great move with a solid story. We are members of the CS Lewis Society here in Chattanooga and this movie has been talked up for months. It will be exciting to see it finaly on the big screen.

Today we decorated the Christmas tree. Its  20 days til Christmas and we are getting into the swing of things. Here is our tree being decorated and our casual observer looking on. Now it feels like the holiday's in our home.

Today we are celebrating Christmas with Laura's family. This is always a good time of family, fellowship and love. There will be a nice spread of food and it will be a good day to chill out with great people. 

Laura has had some problems with Windows XP for a while...more specifically accessing the internet. Tony suggested she give Ubuntu a try as a way to do her stuff online and in other parts of her computing life. Well so for so good. Ubuntu is a free, open source operating system that is run by millions around the world. It does a great job of giving you the tools and software needed to do many tasks such as word processing to managing photos and music. Tony has used it for over a year now and has a good experience. This is indeed a adventure for her.

Family and Friends we wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. On this day we should remember how much we are blessed. The first Thanksgiving was about celebrating the harvest and bringing community together. We pray the lessons and example of the first Thanksgiving will be honored and will be repeated. To our men and women serving our country we thank you for the freedom you secure and provide. Most importantly God we thank you for all you have done and for your Son Jesus who showed us the way. 

‎"O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!" - Psalm 118:1

Here we are courtesy of Jib Jab getting our Christmas groove on. 

From the folks at Jib Jab Tony's dad, mom, sis and the two of us rock Christmas. This is good rockin' fun. 

Tonight at church we are having a dance/fellowship. For several weeks on Mondays and some Tuesdays we have taken dance lessons with some other folks from church. We have had a great time learning the foxtrot and swing. Its a good time to get some exercise and learn something new. This is about getting out of your comfort zone and seeing what its like to do something you don't regularly do. A big band will be playing at the dance and there will be some great nibbles. We are excited about this. 

Cody after a very exhausting morning of doing nothing. Well he does beg and get up before we do. What a tired little big boy.

Today is a clear, crisp fall day. Chattanooga had such a hot summer and the early fall seemed like spring. Now it's finally becoming very cool and very fall. There was freezing on our deck and perhaps other places around the house. It has been in the low to mid 30's so far today. As you can see below its finally fall here in the Tennessee Valley.