Thanksgiving Week, 2006

On Saturday, Kathy, the boys, and Clover dropped me off at the Denver airport as they made their way to Vinita, Oklahoma. Neal spoke in a Sunday-Tuesday gospel meeting in Great Falls, VA (metro D.C.). He rejoined the family on Wednesday, finally getting to Tulsa Wednesday night (getting in the middle of Northwest's baggage handlers' information rally with management to discuss their contracts the DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING!! On Tuesday, he had half a day to go to the Spy Museum and China Town with Bobby Lawrence (who took this photo). It's always great to see Bobby.



The family had a super time with the Woodalls. We played football on Thanksgiving, had a surprise belated birthday for Gary, a "surprise" birthday party for Bud, and just enjoyed family. They live a solid 11 or 12 hours by car from us. Here's a great picture of Kristy and Bud.





Here's a gorgeous picture of Kathy with our nephew David.








We decided to try an experiment I got from Jackie and Bobby Lawrence. It's the old Mentos and Diet Coke trick. The Lawrences got their "rocket" to go 30 feet high. We were just short of 20 feet (Bud and I each tried it).













The boys had a great time just hanging out, playing, painting, and jumping and jumping on the trampoline. Lee isn't allowed to play on the computer (which he loves) when he has company at his house. The day we left, he said he missed his cousins. Kristy told him he could at least get back on the computer now. He said, "If I could have my cousins here all the time, I wouldn't care if I never got on the computer again." Wow! Lee, they feel the same way!




Kathy and Kristy did a super job with the Thanksgiving spread. We had more dishes than the Falcons have Michael Vick problems. It was great.






This is what "some" of us did after we ate. The word is "tryptophan." We saw a good LSU/Arkansas game (though the wrong team won). The UGA game Saturday turned out much better (though that was a radio only event).





All in all, it was a super week. We love our family. It was sad not being with Neal's family in the cabin. For the first time in 17 years, there was no family gathering there. Instead, Mendy flew up to Raleigh and the Pollards (minus our five) did Thanksgiving in Elizabethtown, NC (where Brent lives and preaches). We hope you enjoyed your holiday and weren't on any local TV newscasts for shoving and pushing at the neighborhood Target or Best Buy.