Thanksgiving

Ok, so I'll finish catch-up with
our Thanksgiving. While we weren't
able to be with all of the family, you know
how it is when your scattered all over, we
did get to have a number of us together.
We missed having Kristy, Braeden, Travis,
Tara, James,Bethannie, James, MacKenzie,
John William, who went to Ga., Chrissy, Jacob,
and John III with us.
We were able to go toHocking Hills in Ohio
and rented a couple of cabins and had
about 24 of the rest of the family together.
We did try to get everyone together,
but some had other plans or had to work
the day before or after. Donna was able to come
and Jennifer and the kids were able to make it.
We are so Thankful for our family and the time
that we do get to spend together.
There were hikes taken, long talks
together catching up, games, and old
movies from when some were young.
We also celebrated John's parents, Mary and
John's, 60th anniversary. And of course
who could forget the card games. We
had enough food for an army. I think
we took as much home as what we came
with, it seemed to multiply.
It was a great time and a very nice
setting. We went out for Thanksgiving
to Hocking Hills Culinary School, they served
Thanksgiving Dinner, it was a good meal
especially since we didn't have to cook it
or clean up afterwards, although it is always
nice to have the leftovers.I am so thankful for our good health and for the
Love that we have for each other. Heavenly Father
has blessed us with so much and we are so
grateful for all he has given us.

Destin, Fl.

After a week in Chicago we left to go to Destin.
I have never seen this size of Jellyfish there,
the ones we usually see are the clear ones and
are not nearly as big. There were lots of them
all over.

We got to enjoy a few beautiful sunsets.

The water was blue/green as usual and clear.

While we were there Tropical Storm Ida came
to pay us a visit. It wasn't to bad, the water
didn't come up even to the roads, though it did get
cool and windy.

Some more beautiful sunsets.

A bird that was out on the beach, that let us get
up pretty close to it, I don't know exactly what
type of bird that it is, anyone want to guess.

I think this is a sea cucumber, we found this
after the storm.

Sand Dollar that John found out in the water
after the storm.Some nice ladies stop and took a picture of us.
We don't get many together since someone has
to take the pictures.

Back Home Again!!

So I have a little catching up to do, since I have been
gone for over a month. First stop was leaving here
and going to Tenn. to drop off a rocker and a ladder,
for later use. I had just missed Kristy, Travis and
Braeden, they were still in town but had already
gone when I had gotten to the cabin. After dropping
off the things at the cabin I was on my way to Ky.
I got to spend the day with my mom, then the
next morning it was back on the road to Ohio.
We had cabinets made for the cabin in Wooster,
Ohio and I went up to pick them up. It was a
terrible drive starting at 6 am, with rain the
whole way, 5 1/2 hours one way. I went back
to Mom's after picking them up getting there
at around 8 pm. I did get to spend Sat. with Mom
which was nice. John met me down at the cabin
on Sunday and we started pulling out old cabinets.
We did pretty well, got all the old ones out and all
but the counter top back in on Sunday. All was done
by Noon on Monday. I think we did a pretty good job.
Looks alot better than the old cabinets that had
been there for 20 years. Then we left to come
back down to the house and drop off the van
so I could go back up to Chicago with John. We
went back to the cabin that night and got a few
hours of sleep before starting to Chicago.