Thanksgiving here was an occasion for a very rare occurrence: not just one three-sibling reunion, but two! On Wednesday, my sisters drove down from Canada and rode up from Texas on the train, joining all of us at my parent's house in Valparaiso.
Becky, Sharon, Andy.
While all that was happening, a similar three-sibling reunion was happening in Winona Lake, where May flew in from Pennsylvania to spend a few days with us, as well.
Deborah, Paul, May. (Remaining sister Sara not shown.)
On Thursday, we all got together in Valpraiso for the feast.
Yum. Fabulous food, on Mom's these-do-NOT-go-in-the dishwasher good china. Deborah had the idea of making place names; pilgrim hats and bonnets for the Indiana family, and Indian feather headdresses for the out-of-staters. (I argued that it should be the other way around, but the practicalities of making only four pilgrim hats won out.) I supplied the calligraphy at the last minute; I am waaaay out of practice.
Once we were too stuffed to walk, we took time out for other things.
Photos of all the cousins together...
In no particular order: Joshua, Jonathan, Josiah, Javier, Joél, Fiona, Aiden, and Risanna. Yes, we bucked the trend my sisters set of naming all the kids beginning with J.
It was fun to see cousins from all three families doing things together.
Games galore...
Silly stories with Grandpa.
We had much to be thankful for!
1 comment:
Joshua and Risanna look great together- they have about the same expression on their faces. Is Risanna getting to be a teenager already?
--Deborah
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