Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Brigham City with the Smith Family. Julie and Jason slept over at our house in West Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday night which was a treat for John and me. The rest of our family were out of state:
Neal and Katrina stayed in Olean and had dinner with just their family or with friends.
Keith and Kim drove to Colorado to spend Thanksgiving and Mike's birthday (Nov. 28) with Mike and Desi and their family.
Kristilyn and Mark flew to Virginia for the holiday with all of the Eliasons.
Melody and Brandon had dinner with friends in Kansas City, It was fun to know that we all had about the same menu.
Tracy and Doug
Kristina and Christopher

Jamin, Marilee, and Michael who were doing their best not to smile.
Tim, Nesy, Teaghen, and R.J.
Dennis and Kathie Smith
Julie and Jason were the favorites of all the grandchildren. Cecily and Shannon loved them.
A relatively composed pictures of the Smith Grandchildren plus Julie and Jason Burningham. Those in the picture beginning the left of the front row: Michael Perez (almost 6), Shannon (almost 4), Celcily (1 1/2 on Julie Burningham's lap. Back row: Jamin Perez ((8 near Christmas), Jason 4, Sydney 7, Tara 6, Sam (almost 2) and Jason Burningham.
Wild and crazy picture!
Tim is such a proud, cute grandpa. He is holding 14 month old Teagham. Little Ayden was born on Melody's birthday--October 5. Their pretty mother is Kelli! We were sad that Ronell wasn't able to be with us.
We also missed Kaiden who was with other grandparents and Kevin, Candice and their tiny new twins--Cerice and Serrah who were also with other grandparents who don't have any small children. They continue to be vigilant in protecting their babies from the flu which is so common these days.
Sydney demonstrates the fine art of getting as much whipped cream on pumpkin pie as possible for Jamin and Tara! Dinner was delicious with all the favorite and traditional foods.

The volleyball game was excellent. John and Kathie still can keep up with the younger generation. Notice how Julie is jumping for the ball. Julie and Jason used some of the techniques they learned at their last BYU volleyball class. Sometimes it was more like soccer but everyone had a great time. There are excellent players in the family. The set-ups, spikes, etc. were amazing. Kristina was so sad that she couldn't play because of her broken foot.
The blow-up jumping castle was a great hit with the younger set.
We have so much for which to be thankful. We hope your weekend continues to be wonderful.


























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