November, including Thanksgiving

 The two sisters in matching pajamas, sitting under a cover on the sofa in our TV room on a cold November night.

Trying out the toboggan in our front yard after a mid-November snowfall.

 We got together for Thanksgiving with Grandpa and Grandma Parkinson, Trish and Kelly and their kids, Adrian, Arleen, and Brit, and Jared.  Later, Robert and his family came by too.  Here are Trish and her three boys (yes, triplets).

 Alicia, McKel, Avril, and Kelly's daughter, Olivia (10 yrs. old).

 I always get drafted to carve the turkey, even though I'm not great at it.

 And grandma Parkinson is always so well prepared and organized, even though she thinks she's not.  She runs a great kitchen!

 Jared enjoyed caring for the three baby boys.  Here he is with Edison.  As you can see, some of us gave our faces a rest for the holidays.  Some of us did so for longer than the holidays, in fact.

 Olivia and her hirsute dad, Kelly, who is sporting a very nice looking beard.

 Adrian, Arleen, and I think that's Parker.

 Avril loves her big high school cousin, Brittney.

 McKel and her Parkinson grandparents.

 Gayle, posing with her father-in-law.

 The Glenns.  A handsome couple!

 Arleen always gains much satisfaction in working with children.  Here she is with Edison.

 Avril loved the pies (she had some of the chocolate pie too).  And later in the evening she insisted on more pumpkin pie (of course I had to help her eat it).

 Yes, I was giving my face a rest from shaving for a couple of days too.  Here I am in the process of feeding some chocolate pie to McKel, as you might discern from her face.

 Adrian, giving Parker a rest.

 The patriarch of the Parkinson clan, taking it all in.

 Brit with Edison.  Brit also likes helping with the kids, and she's good at it too.

 Don't know if it was the tryptophan or just the caloric intake, but some of us got pretty drowsy after the meal.

 Meanwhile, Trish played some beautiful music, including some Christmas carols.  Parker didn't enjoy it after awhile, though.

 We were very happy that Robert, Tracine, Spencer, and Sam were able to drop by.  Brian, though, is on his mission down near Mexico City.

 It takes a village (as Hillary would say).  The significance of this shot is the following: the triplets were born on the same day, as you might expect.  It was April 16.  Adrian was born on April 16.  Eleven years later Jared was born on April 16.  And when Adrian was dating Arleen, he didn't believe her at first when she said she was born on April 16, but she was, in fact.  So in our immediate family we have 6 souls born on April 16.

 Olivia and Brit were able to hang out together too.  They're both beautiful girls.  And the significance of this photo, you may ask?  Brittney was born on August 11.  Four years later Olivia was born on August 11.

 Back home, Alicia grabbed the camera and took a couple of shots of the girls on our stairway.  As plainly visible, they were indulging in some brownies.

 Had to throw in this one showing McKel being very animated!

Wanted also to get the mom in.  You can see where the girls get their looks.

Gayle took off this evening after our Thanksgiving activities in order to get to Trish and Kelly's to stay the night at their place in Salt Lake City.  She is flying out tomorrow very early for Atlanta.  We got sad news about 3:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.  Gayle's younger sister (55 yrs. old) passed away in her sleep.  She had many health challenges, but this was still unexpected.  The viewing will be tomorrow night and the funeral service Saturday.