Turkey Day

There are so many things that I am thankful about and tops on that list is family. I'm thankful for Betsy and our children and for our extended family. We are lucky to have several relatives living close by and we get together often for family celebrations.
Thursday was no exception as we had 14 people at our house for the Thanksgiving meal. We had a pretty serious ping-pong battle with son Sean taking the overall crown. We got to have a long conversation with daughter Ali (in England) before her European "Thanksgiving" trip to Prague this weekend.
We are also lucky be seeing several of our northern family members this weekend.
I hope everyone out there had a great day celebrating with family and friends!

Record house 1:45 p.m.

Record house 4:30 p.m.
(We're missing a few in this shot but you get the idea)

Alison's European Adventures

After a brief stay in beautiful Switzerland, our daughter Alison has moved to a new home in the English countryside near London.
She is an au pair for a family with two young children.
Aside from the challenge of driving with a stick shift on the wrong side of the road, she is having a terrific time.
She is able to make frequent trips to London to visit her great friend Amanda (who is from Salisbury). She spent her second straight Halloween in England and will spend her second Thanksgiving in Europe, last year in Florence and this year in Prague. She'll have to search hard for turkey and stuffing.

Ali at her new digs (kidding...this is Leeds Castle)

On another note, I'm looking forward to reconnecting with some old friends and meeting some new photographers tomorrow night at a talk by David Hobby, who has a site called Strobist. The Baltimore photographer gives technical tips on how to better utilize off-camera flash techniques.