Turkey Day is Here! And here are the turkeys!

Hot on the heels of a blog about Wednesday,

here's Turkey Day itself.  The Shorts, Loyds,

Kirbys, Talberts, Reynolds, Lundays, Rawlings,

Blacks, and Registers were all represented at our

luncheon at Beulah Hill.

Hunter says, "C'mon, everybody!  There's ham and
turkey, and best of all -- a PLAYGROUND!"

Emma and Jessie enjoy watching their younger
cousins frolic.  It wasn't so long ago . . .
that they were the young ones!

Somebody had to stretch Bri's hair to get it in one bundle.

Evan would rather be a spectator with Dad than
to be doing anything else in the world right now.

Ladders, slides, tunnels, and stuff.
That's what Bri likes.

Here comes Claire, ready to squeeze past Hunter in
the tunnel.

Thanks to whoever piled all that pinestraw
at the bottom.

Bri:  "Push me, Daddy, push me."
Claire: "Don't push me, anybody.  I can push myself."

Let's get this spaceship off the launching pad, pronto!

How is it kids know you're not going to drop them?

All four grandkids in one picture.
And all four doing something different.
Granny's glad to see them all together.

Special guests Roland and Caroline are Renee's parents.
At right, Elsie with grandson Reid.

Once again, when you see the four grandchildren this
close together, you just snap a picture and hope for the
best.  It's not like it's easy to get them posing.

For Granddaddy, having his family all here means as
much as all that wonderful food.  I think!

Bri says she can open wide to eat a turkey, some ham,
a deviled egg or anything else.  But could she please
have a Fruit Roll-up?

Before departing, Bri and Hunter get caught
up in a favorite little game in which Grandpa's
legs become a bridge.  It's a tight squeeze for two.

Hunter knows when he's met his match.

When he collapses like this, you can
anticipate a little snooze when he gets
strapped into that nice comfy carseat
in Mommy's nice warm car.

With stomach's substantially fuller, a few of the
remaining guests head back to the playground.
Grandma gets in on a little swinging action at last.

The Kirby family makes a bold attempt at a family
picture.  Clever Grandpa gets Claire to turn toward
the camera by baiting with "I bet Claire's never seen
one of these before."  Claire out-maneuvers clever
Grandpa by turning, but keeping her eyes closed.
That family picture will just have to wait.

But you, faithful reader, won't have to wait long
for my next blog post.  The third of the day is
in the works and pictures already loaded!