The First Thanksgiving in Buffalo!

I finally made it out to Buffalo, NY to spend Thanksgiving with my grandparents there.  29 Thanksgivings have passed and I'd never spent my favorite holiday with these relatives, so it was about time that #30 made this possible.

Lunch with the Aunties (Gramma, Aunt Karen, Aunt Sandy, Aunt Cheryl) at the Roycroft, a lovely historic home in East Aurora

Canadian Butterfly Garden- beautiful and fascinating.  Here, above and below, are hundreds of chrysalises.  

The butterflies wouldn't leave Grampa alone!  They were climbing all over him!

Butterflies of all colors, shapes and sizes

I love the outside of this one's wings

Grampa, Gramma & Katie

My personal favorite, I love the green

Blurry but nice

G&G in the butterfly garden

Of course we had to run up to Niagra Falls for lunch.  I love this place, it never gets old for me.  The drive up is really pretty and relaxing.  If you didn't know the nearly glasslike river would turn into this formidable falls within a matter of miles you'd never guess it.  I'll be this came as quite a shock to early explorers.  Millions of gallons of water thundering over this cliff every second, the sheer force of nature is really impressive.  You can't go here and not get wet, so bring a poncho.  Above is the Canadian side of the Falls, Horseshoe Falls.

The American side of the Falls, American Falls.  Ha.

And, me. 

and me & Gramma