Celebrating Thanksgiving again with family

We were very blessed this year to have Anthony, Ashley, Sam and Logan come down and spend Thanksgiving weekend with us. Unfortunately, it rained most of the time, so we didn't get to take a nature walk, go to the zoo, or flea market.


Then on Thanksgiving day, Chris and his family drove down from Blanding, and spent about 6 hours with us, so we had grand Thanksgiving Day with 8 of the grandkids.

We ate, played games, and let the kids entertain us. We really enjoyed it, and were so thankful they all came.

Chris, Pam and family drove back to Blanding and stayed another night or two, doing a major clean up project around out house. We so appreciate all they did to tidy things up, so the house doesn't look vacant. I'll really appreciate it next spring, not having to clean out the dead flowerbeds.

The Next day Ashley and I did our best to Celebrate Black Friday, with an early 3:30 AM, trip to Gallup to scoop up some specials. Before they left we spent about an hour trying to get the perfect family portrait along the Hubbell road.

We have varying degrees of success, and I'm sure by combining several shots the perfect photo shoot is there. Boy, those children's photographers earn their money!


On Sunday Quent, Bev and their family stopped by after church, on their way back to Gilbert. The girls have really grown up a lot, especially Ava. We were so glad to see them, though I forgot to give Quincy her late birthday card, but I did take a few pictures. I just had forgotten I had! My brain just can't keep all the details followed up on, though it handles more than most people's, I think.


Quent and Bev are expecting a baby on June 18. Hopefully, if Rob is able to adopt this little Panamanian girl, that will be at least two new grandchildren, with maybe more to come. Please add Rob and Kathryn to your fast Sunday prayers, as there are a lot of hoops to jump through, but Steve's sister Virginia is running interference for them in Panama.

P.S. After much research by Virginia, and our prayers this weekend, she found out that the other grandmother didn't want the child adopted. Also it takes two years for finalization, which means two trips to Panama, so the decision was made not to pursue the adoption.