Thanksgiving 2019

Wikipedia describes Thanksgiving as: 'Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and Brazil, and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.'

This year, my father drove two hours from near our state capitol, where he lives, to share Thanksgiving with my older daughter, her boyfriend, and myself. The rest of the family went to Missouri to have Thanksgiving with other family that could not make the long trip here this year.

We had a very nice visit with my father, as well as some wonderful food.

broccoli rice cheese casserole 

deviled eggs 

green beans casserole 

ham 

mashed potatoes and gravy 

pumpkin pie 

rolls 

sweet potato pie

Solo: A Star Wars Story

We started our day by doing some house cleaning. When we took the trash outside, we found a baby deer.

After spending some time with the deer, and letting it go, we hung an American flag for Memorial Day.

Then we went to Crystal Falls Water Park for the afternoon.

Followed by going to see 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'. The cinema had comfortable recliner seats.

Spring Break 2018 day 2:

It was Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday. We went to Burger King for breakfast before going to the zoo. We were at the zoo when they opened the gates at 9 a.m., and stayed at the zoo until 2:45 in the afternoon. We saw lots of animals and even went on a train ride. We had lunch at the zoo, and while walking around after lunch, we found $28 on the ground. Our feet were sore from all the walking by the time we left the zoo, but we still had another stop to make before going back to my father’s house. We drove to the Verizon Arena in time for a real feast. There were games for kids. Destiny had lots of fun. There were a lot of people there. We ate catfish, chicken, buffalo, quail, deer, bear, turkey, and pig. We also heard singers singing songs of praise, and speakers giving their testimony. (The name of this event was called: John 3:16, which is a Bible verse that says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish, but have eternal life.” We left about 5:15 p.m. to return to my father’s house about 5:45. Enjoy the pictures.

Thanksgiving and Deb's birthday dinner.

DJ and May and Deb.

One of our friends from the thursday social meeting we attend was kind enough to come with us to a restaurant to help us order and celebrate Deb's birthday and Thanksgiving.

 May also got Deb a scarf for her birthday.

George and Connie and Roxanne.

 

Chloe and Adam and May and Suzanne.

Carl, May, Deb, Suzanne, DJ, Chloe, Adam, Connie, George, Roxanne, Debbie, Archie.

Two sisters at rest and play.

Groundhog Day and New Years Eve.

We were invited to share in Chinese New Years Eve dinner by my boss Mrs. Mei Han. She also invited a good friend of hers and family and Sarah. We had a very good dinner. It was a real honor and a pleasure to share this with them.

Holiday.

Last week I brought the flu home from my boss. It came on fast and most of it went away after three or four days. We all still have some sort of cough even after two weeks. Suzanne and DJ are taking medicine and making a slow recovery. I started my two week long holiday today. George and Connie are going back to Canada to visit family and go to one of their daughters' wedding. Tony is visiting his Chinese girlfriends country home. Sarah is just hanging out with her Chinese boyfriend. All the TA's are traveling to visit their families. Mei is taking us out to dinner tomorrow night and then she is leaving to visit her mother. Thursday is the first day of the new year according to the Chinese calendar. This time of year is much like our Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year all in one. There are 700 million Chinese traveling to be with family. Later today I will go buy some fireworks for tonight but we are just staying home for the holiday.