Thanksgiving 2007

Joc posted some pictures from

Thanksgiving

on her blog so I tried to find pictures that reflect some of the other aspects of the day. We had 16 adults and 8 little ones so it was a fun filled day. Family, food, fun, games, shooting skeet, getting cold, warming up and just enjoying the day.

It took 3 pictures to get everyone in.....the oldest four kids sat in the kitchen, Boo in the high chair, Keira with Auntie Kara and the twins with their mom and dad.

Cassie, Kayleigh (Bug), Evan and Lindsey enjoyed the arbor swing even though it was pretty cold outside. Bug thought it was too bright so had to put on her sunglasses. Lindsey was pretty concerned that Evan would only stand behind the swing rather than sit with all the girls.

Carey and Sarah try to teach the four older kids how to play Chinese Checkers. It went pretty well for a while but then they got bored with it and needed to find something else to do. This is when we decided it was time to take some pictures.

Craig and Scott usually find time for some "friendly" games of cribbage and thought Tim should learn how to play. I'm not sure what the outcome was but they all seemed to be having fun.

Ron, Rol, Gary and Norm played Yahtzee while John looked on. This game got a little roudy at times. I think the guys were all getting warmed up after spending a couple of hours out in the cold weather shooting the guns.

Boo, Logan, Cole and Keira are all getting to know each other. Logan and Cole look so much alike that maybe this picture is Cole and Logan instead of Logan and Cole. :)

There were many more pictures taken but this gives you a good idea of how the day went. Truly one of thanksgiving for all our many blessings and for our family and friends.

Newest Addition to the Family

Well, I have been asked when I would ever get around to posting pictures of the new grand baby so I guess I better get it done. After all she is already 11 days old. She is a real sweetie and it was really hard to leave after helping Krista out for a few days. Good thing they don't live too far away.

Keira Elaine

This is one of my favorite pictures so far. She looks like a real thinker here!

Kayleigh and Keira

Big sister is pretty proud here. Wish I would have remembered to turn off the date and time stamp on my camera.

Kayleigh, Cousin Evan and KeiraEvan wanted to hold Keira but Kayleigh wasn't going to be left out. So I told them both to sit in the recliner and I would help them each hold her. It ended up being a joint effort. Keira was not really too happy about the situation though.

Brooklyn and Sadie at workSometimes Brooklyn is at work with me and she loves to play with the paper out of my shredder. Usually it ends up all over the place but it sure keeps her entertained. Sadie was right in the middle of everything this time too.

One of these days I hope to get better about posting a little more often but in the mean time bear with me and I will get here as often as I can. Guess life, work, grandkids, kids, etc. just keep me too busy to get on here as often as I would like. Not to mention the garden which was very productive this year. In fact we picked tomatoes and jalepeno peppers just a few days ago. We had numerous watermelon and cantaloup and a bumper crop of onions too. The biggest watermelon weighed in at 47 pounds. Many weighed between 35 and 40 pounds! Not too many years that we can still be picking melons off the vine on October 11th. We still have not had a killing frost and the temperature today was in the 70's.