Jenna's back! We're All Together for THANKSGIVING!!

Welcome back Jenna, 21 days gone to Switzerland and Atlanta!

A week at a glance from the bay area and back...
The adults at our Thanksgiving party, Jody/Bill's house.
The kids hanging out at Thanksgiving
Growin' boys!  FULL plates of food, YUM!!
Week at a glance...  The cats that live w/ Grpa/Grma where Michael lives now.
One of 3 birthday celebrations!
With Becky/Ray/Chloe at BJ Pizza
Michael's sister Kit and John and Jake.
Went to church w/ Boy Michael and the girls.
Grampa, you SO funny!  Anne, 2 yrs. old in Feb.
2nd Bday party, SNEEZE!
Claim Jumpers...  WE shared!!
Steak chili and Citrus salad, then the 007 movie, Grma went into the hospital

that day, VERY sick!!
Breakfast sneeze...
Denny's breakfast and sundae?  They sang Happy Bday!
Jesse and Azusa at the condo we cleaned, thanks for the help!
The kids w/ our Japanese guest, Azusa, for one week and a lot of fun!!

DAD Michael ON the island!

This is our friend, Nutmeg Man...  He's back to the island for the winter.

He walks the beach everyday for 5 miles and swims for 3 miles...  We are 

betting he is 80 yrs. and he lives in Philly during the summer.  We've watched

him for 5 yrs. spend the winter here, he dances up a storm at the Point w/ the

surf band TOO!  This was our first sighting this season, so I had to blog it!

Kinda like when we first see the whales jump for the season!!
Beautiful day at the beach, no crowd...
This is Michael's friend Bob, we call him the island Santa!!  He worked w/

Michael at the surveying sight.  No crowd on this side of the beach...
Storm moved in!!!
Dad Michael DID get back to the island after 7 whole weeks of mainland life!

SO nice to have him back...  The first day the weather turned into VOG, volcano fog

and was a weird wind, then we had two GREAT sunny days to beach and now it is 

blowing up a storm!!  THE whole option, Jesse says it is Beautiful sunny or Dreary wet

NO in between...
He went and got his race car and washed it...  A sunny day!
Clean car and our apt. and CRV.
The BOYS at the beach,  I really don't think SANTA lives at the North Pole

when HE can be a the beach 11 months a year!!!?
Gettin' ready for a Christmas picture...
The vog in the sky and the cruise ship in the harbor...  We were going on one

of these for Michael's bday, #60, BUT that will be NEXT year...  Welcome back, Michael!

Jenna w/ Camey in Switzerland

Jenna, Jax and Jordyn during Jenna's trip to Atlanta, 

southern style on Jax's front porch gazebo area in rocking chairs

Sorry, these loaded BACKWARDS?!  SO this is some touring bus.  Go

to the bottom of this list and read UP!  She's having SO much fun she said, expensive tho!!

Thanks Jenna for the update!!!  Love you!!
I have NO idea what this is...  Maybe it is a heated lamp post and Jenna's COLD?
Jenna in front of a Swiss barn...
Some scenery and Jenna in a coat!
Jenna said she ate cheese fondue and IT was the best!
Camey's room, cute comforter, and I BET Swiss chocolate HOT!  YUM!!
Camey greeted her at the airport, which Jenna said was THE cleanest 

airport she's EVER been in...  Looks like jacket weather over there...
Jenna in business class on the plane?  8 Hr. flight and the chair made into

a bed she said.   She had her own DVD to watch too.

Halloween Costumes & The NEW Rebecca!

One of these "Sadie's" kids is some of  you readers cousin...  Kristine (w/ belt)

All these kids went to Homecoming together when I was in Provo...  They all went in

a Limo!
Happy sisters...
Brother/sister costumes...
Two more CUTE sisters!!!  Halloween costume time...
Boy Michael helped Rebecca dye her hair BLACK after she donated 13 inches

to make a wig.  
These are the "after and before" pictures she sent to us, so I am blogging 

'em to let everyone know what "the NEW Rebecca" looks like...

Now Brittiny, Rebecca and Brook from over here have donated their hair!!!

GOOD job girls!  Jenna just trimmed mine, no length to send away...

Time for THANKS-giving...

Halloween went into the bucket and out came the Thanksgiving...  

Jenna says she likes the decorations 'cuz they move the holidays forward.  

Thanks Jenna, I like 'em TOO!

The NEW way our "furniture layout" is like this...  Eating off the round table,

computer and workspace looking out the window, 

watching the guys at work on the roof and painting...

AND the NEW couch!!!  

Long enough for Jesse to "nap" on!  

This is our "sitting room" now for 'um watching DVD's?  

NO cable, so NO hgtv in this apt.

It's a NICE couch!!  Both ends have a recliner in it.  Likin' that part!!
THE NEW COUCH!!!   

Thanks Grpa Jack for the help in buying it!!!  

We are loving the new addition!

Turkey's for Thanksgiving and a pumpkin full of candy from Halloween...
Took this, driving to Safeway the other day,

in case anyone wants an OCEAN view.
The corner beach on the way to Safeway, COME visit anyone?
The new CRV that I am driving now, NOT the Neon...  

Jenna is driving that now,  when she's not in Switzerland.

See, I have LOTS to be thankful for this season,

 just looking forward to Michael coming back NEXT Thursday 

to be on the island again!!!  

For a LONG weekend of going to the beach!?!?!  Missin'  you!!