Happy Thanksgiving!

To Grandmother's house we go! We all caravanned down to Visalia - Amy, Andrew, Erika and Kaelyn in one car - Dick, Taylor and I in another. After a brief visit at Dick's parents home, we all headed to The Depot.

David, Morri, Lindsay and Jeff met us at the restaurant and enjoyed a wonderful dinner hosted by Dick's parents. Piper was there in spirit - she was spending the weekend with her boyfriends family in southern California. Jane had the table decorated especially for us with fall leaves, branches and persimmons brought from her garden. It was a beautiful setting and everyone felt her special touch really made the table festive and warm. I have to admit, I've never had a Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant and was unsure on how I felt about this. Thankfully, I realized, it is not about the surroundings, as much as it is just being with the ones you love. Everyone chose thier meal - with the majority having the Turkey dinner that was GREAT! Everything was tasty and we enjoyed the afternoon.

Me and Amy

Taylor and Amy

Jeff and Lindsay

After dinner, the kids went back to Merced and Dick, Taylor and I stayed the night in Visalia.

We hope you all ate too much :) and enjoyed the time with your family and friends.