HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Okay, it has been nearly 2 months since I have posted. It's not because there hasn't been something to say but because so much has been going on. Today is Thanksgiving so before I go further I hope you all have had a wonderful day full of family, fun, food and happiness. Gary, Craig, Krista and Scott are playing an intense game of cribbage and Kayleigh, Brooklyn and Keira are playing with the play dishes. They all think we haven't had enough to eat yet even though that is all we have done all day. Jocelyn is putting Hadley to bed and I finally have my feet up. It has been a good day and we have much to be thankful for.

My last post was of Keira's 1st birthday and since then we have celebrated Brooklyn's 2nd birthday, Sadie's (the dog) 3rd birthday, Kayleigh's 5th birthday, Craig's 27th birthday, Jaret's 25th birthday and Kara's 25th birthday. Needless to say all of the birthday cake and ice cream is awfully hard on a diet. I will post a few pictures of each birthday event first and then some miscellaneous pictures.

Brooklyn's birthday party was at our house and one of her gifts was a kitchen with dishes. She does a lot of "cooking" for us now. Kayleigh got to have her birthday at a kids party place called Kids Works and invited some of her friends from meeting and from pre-school. They fed the kids pizza, juice and cake and ice cream. They also got to play in a huge play area full of balls. We had a sale at the store for Sadie's birthday and she got to eat lots of doggie treats. Kara, Jaret and Craig had to share their birthday celebrations with the little kids but I don't think they minded.

Near the end of October Harry and Minnie came, along with Ron and Vic, for Lillie T.'s funeral. Krista, Scott, Kayleigh, Keira, Kara, Jaret and Evan were able to come for the weekend so they could spend some time with G-Grma and G-Grpa. After Kayleigh's birthday party we brought the girls home with us because Krista had to fly to North Carolina for a music teachers convention. We had a fun time at the store a couple of days with all four girls in there. Of course we didn't get much work done. A couple of Saturday's ago Orin set up his glass blowing equipment and did a demonstration for us and our customers. It is a fascinating art and Kayleigh was thrilled when he made a unicorn for her to take home. The last picture was taken today (after dinner from the looks of the faces). Unfortunately Kara, Jaret and Evan couldn't be here this year for Thanksgiving because of their jobs but hopefully we will get to see them this weekend.