A Lancaster Thanksgiving

We were able to stay home for Thanksgiving this year. We were fortunate to have Kyle's family plus Jared come over from Arizona and Cheryl's family come from Southern California. In all, there were 10 of us in attendance.

Everyone arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Cheryl, Parker, & Kessler stayed until Friday evening after we finished at Vasquez Rocks. Kyle, Emily, Milo, & Clara stayed until Saturday morning. They went to Cheryl's house and stayed there one night so they could go to the beach. Jared left on Sunday morning. Alan drove him to LAX to catch a flight to Hawaii. What a lucky guy!

Except for my rolls not turning out, our Thanksgiving meal was delicious! Emily took this picture so she isn't in it and Jared had to drive to LAX to take a covid test prior to his flight two days later so he is absent here. He arrived just as we were finishing up the meal.

We wish the rest of our family could have joined us, but understood that distance and Covid kept us apart. 

Thanksgiving Evening Eric's family and Ryan were able to join us via Zoom to play the Fall Edition of Deal or No Deal. I forgot to take pics as we were actually playing, but this is what the boards looked like:

We got off a little easier this year (money wise) than we did two years ago when we did the Christmas Edition. The winnings this year were:

Ryan & Jared: $.05 (each)

Cheryl & Parker: $27 (each)

Kyle's Family: $6 (each)

Ella & Livi: $2 (each)

Eric & Ethan: $22 (each)

Alan and I played for fun instead of money and would have won: $.75 (each)

Again, it was a lot of fun to play this year.

The day after Thanksgiving, we drove down to Vasquez Rocks to hike and climb. I wasn't able to do any hiking, but I still enjoy being there. Here are some pics from that outing:

It was a little windy and chilly, but everyone seemed to survive.

Here are some random pics of the grandchildren:

Kessler loved wearing Milo's helmet! He couldn't get enough of it!

A little chalk art!

Kessler couldn't reach the pedals, but he loved "walking" the big wheel.

A few beach pics (although we weren't there)

Family means everything to us, so it was great to have so many family members be able to visit us for the holiday.