11-30-08

Hello! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It was a busy week, starting out by waiting for a candy order and then we had a little family activity by going to a new bounce place. The kids had a great time and daddy even joined in the fun on the biggest bounce slide :-) And we all ended up with rug burns. Only one other family was there so it was fun to have free reign. That night daddy was in charge while Cake and Gwen went to their next gun class. It was later at night and alot more shooting involved, so we were tired. Tuesday was Webelos, Reagan playing with the new neighbor girl and Jim's church night. Wednesday Reagan had a Thanksgiving party at school and Gwen did errands getting ready to go. We visited with grandma and grandpa and then packed. Thursday the Thornley's came to the house and we drove to Maricopa, then parted ways. We visited with Laura's dad and family and then headed to Yuma. We checked into our tiny room and then met up with everyone for dinner. The kids all had a great time playing together and did well overall. Friday was the greatest relaxing day. Having Thanksgiving dinner (yes, a day later) at the church was so wonderful! We mostly stayed in the gym/kitchen. Lots of ball games happened, the little bouncer was set up and the wii was in the adjoining room. We did crafts, watched little girls put on ballet shows and ate and rode scooters and visited. that night after leftover dinner, we watched Kungfu Panda in the carpeted gym and took sleeping kids back to the room. Saturday we headed to the camel farm and saw some fun animals. Then off to the "castle" park for lunch and then back to our rooms for some down time. Again we met up for dinner and playing and recording of Hurdsman memories. The in-laws may find it fun to listen to. Sunday we had the blessing of Bonnie and she looked adorable in her dress and it was a very nice, spiritual meeting. The kids did well on their song "I Am A Child Of God" and we had a wonderful breakfast back at the Boysuns. Then off to church and then the Petersens took off and got settled back in at home. It was so much fun and we were glad to see everyone and let the cousins play nonstop! Thanks to Rog and Hilary and all that they did! Have a safe week and happy December! Love Jim Gwen Reagan and John