On Thanksgiving afternoon and evening our children and grandchildren came to our back yard on N. Orange Street in Mesa. We had a great time! It was so good to have them with us once more at this season of the year! Their Uncles, Clark and Reid, and members of their families also stopped by. The temperatures dropped into the 40's after the sun went down, but we have a fire dish and everyone gathered round.

In this picture, in the left forground, Meredith is seated with her youngest, Jolie, on her lap, looking at the fire; John's Rebecca, standing on the left, looking toward the camera; Russell and Melissa, standing together, beyond the fire; Reid, with his hands on his hips; Clark, observing his nephews as they play ball in the side yard; Clark and Connie's two children, Cole and Whitney, are seated in the whte chairs, talking with each other. We hadn't seen them in such a long time. Reid and Stephanie's daughter, Ashley, who lives here in Mesa, was also present, but not pictured here. Emalie, Melissa and Russell's oldest daughter is wrapped in a blanket, in the foreground, talking to (I think) her Aunt Kelly.