The Whittaker Saga

For Thanksgiving, Betty and Thomas gather their family at their new house. It's the first time they're all going to spend a holiday there. With a more limited space, and with all their children now having partners, they opt for only inviting the closest family and letter others cater to themselves and their children. It's a hard choice to make, but more people can't possibly fit in the house, it will be tight regardless. While Betty is cooking, Thomas sets the table. For many in the family it's the first time they meet. Larissa has not met anyone but Susan, and Russell not anyone at all. But dinner is delicious and the conversation flows, even if the family has to spread out between table and sofas around the house. In spite of the chill, Larissa takes some time to get to know Michael and Carl outside. After dinner, they all gather around the house. Betty takes some time to play with her favourite (only) grandson. She so hopes that now that they all have partners ...

For Cathy this is a happy time. She turns Steve's bachelor pad into a home they both can enjoy living in. She doesn't quite understand why Steve is insisting on having the TV downstairs. "It's so ugly, can't we have it upstairs in your office instead?" "The TV stays, and my office stays as it is, until we need the space for a nursery. Anything else is up to you." Cathy thinks he's a bit unreasonable, but agrees all the same. After all, he should have equal influence over their home. "So when do you think would be the right time for that nursery?" "Whenever you feel ready," Steve says and right then and there Caty could live with a hundred TVs in the living room. It does also help that she's been given her own walk in closet to tie her over until she can decorate that nursery. Beth, on her hand, is settling into her new home in Creek Lake, where the autumn have started to change the color of the leaves. It's a small h...