Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Thanksgiving was GREAT fun. Would have been complete if the Bledsoe's or my parents could have been here, but having Taylor home was very nice.
Bob decided to smoke a turkey. Robert gave him a smoker last year, and Bob's perfected his salmon and ribs in it, so he gave the turkey a try. It turned out fabulously! Tender and moist!!! He didn't know how it would work, so he cooked one in the oven just in case. We have enough turkey to last us until next Thanksgiving.
We invited Robert's girlfriend Heather and the Roberts to come. The eight of us had a nice dinner! Too much food. Too many yummy desserts.
After we cleaned up we played several rounds of PIT. Oh, my goodness, so much fun. Taylor could hardly play he was laughing so much.
Next year you are all invited. The more the merrier!!!

(Everyone is saying.. "Jill, the dinner is getting cold, don't worry about the picture")

(Derek thought the Wii was much more fun than Pit.. But he took a good picture.. don't you agree?)

Thirty Three (Yup 33) Years!!!

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Can you believe we've been married for 33 years?
Time flies!
Our Anniversary fell on a Wednesday..boo hoo
But we made up for it on the weekend.
Look at the feast Bob made for me!
Thank you Sweetheart!
I wish you 33 more years!
Love you!

Shhh, their's a snake in the library!

On the first Tuesday of every month, the Library has an Animal from the High Desert Museum come for a visit! The librarian reads a story about it, give some facts about it.. and then they bring it out! Oh, and then after they dismiss the animal, they make a craft! Pretty fun!

First was a snake! YIKES
Then on Halloween week while the grandsons were here, guess Whoooo came next?

Who needs to go to the museum when you can see them up close and personal at the Library!

Derek Loves Tae Kwon Do

Two days a week we happily drive to Sisters to participate in their Adaptive Tae Kwon Do program. Former tutor Ashley's husband is the Sister's High School director of Special Education. He invited us last year to join in. Oh, we have such a good time. Even though Derek gets sweaty and winded, he smiles the entire hour class. Thanks to Sherrie and Master K... and Josh, we love coming to Tae Kwon Do!

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We love to see Ashley and her baby Ryah. Ashley's husband is the wonderful High School Special Ed director at Sisters High School. He invited Derek to join in their program! Thanks Josh!

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We had a SPOOK-tacular Halloween

Living out in the country, we never get Trick or Treaters
I avoid driving anywhere on Halloween because of the crazy moms with their sugar crazed kids.
Well this year was different.  Rebecca and her boys came for the Halloween Weekend!!! Wow, the fun we had.  Rebecca had some photo shoots set up here in Bend, so she planned it all around this weekend.
Here are some fun times we had.  (I won't mention losing her and the boys in a CRAZY neighborhood, with a CRAZY amount of Trick or Treaters for a CRAZY amount of time)

Trey would challenge any of us, at any time to play him a round of tetherball.  He recently earned one of his own.  You wouldn't believe how good he is!

Halloween afternoon we went to a lot of our friends homes. It was perfect weather, and they got were able to meet some of Derek's friends!

Cute Mason and Paiten!

Who needs candy when you get a Rod Cooper handcrafted birdhouse? Wow, Trey and Derek have matching houses!

I loved Tian's Shark costume. His tail wiggled as he walked!

Some people go all out decorating their yards. This was in the middle of the day and they had their sound affects going. Almost too spooky for me even in the day!

Terry & Carol knew we were coming so they raked a big mound of leaves just so the boys could jump in it!

Gina got all dressed up and decorated her yard just for us! "Gina, this picture makes me laugh...I need to borrow the sweater someday!"

"Charlotte, this is a GREAT picture...Love the look!"

All this happened before noon. Naptime for Tian.. Trey too, but he's too big for that (Or so he says)!
Then it was off to "Bouncing Off the Wall" Before more Trick or Treating!

We went "store to store" down at the Old Mill. Notice Strawberry Shortcake. Trey loved seeing all the costumes. Robert met us there too, and then to the Bulletin Newspaper Building.

If that wasn't enough we finished off at the North West Crossing Neighborhood. Rebecca and her boys made friends.. (Thank goodness the "Friend" had a phone to use when we got lost)

All in all, and 4 lbs of candy later, it was the most fun Halloween we've had in a long time... well, since Rebecca was just a little girl!