Thanksgiving activities

Front row: Judy, Nerissa, Nell, Caroline, Liz, Ally
Back row:  Guy, Bill, Jim, Chad, Ron, Andrew

Thanksgiving Day meal was at noon when we met with the Westbrook family at Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church out in the country near Zion Chapel.

Pictured here are those members of our family plus two friends (Chad and Andrew).  Two of our family were unable to be with us: Cindy (Ron's wife) and Bill's middle daughter, Katie, a student at College of Charleston, who had to work.

My sister Judy and her husband Guy also spent Thanksgiving with us, along with their dog Ollie.



Front row: Janna, Ben, Sharon, Betty, Emma,Linda, Bow
Back row:  Phillip, Ed, Tom, Chip Curtis, Chip, Janet

  My cousin, Linda Westbrook, always invites us to come to their Thanksgiving meal.  Here she is shown with those of her family attending:  Missing from their family were Kathy and Bobby who went to Pensacola to see Timmy and family, and Bill and Lorie from NC.


Four of our 5 granddaughters had fun being together for a couple of days. Liz  graduated from Univ. of Texas and has a job with a scientific journal publishing company in Austin,  Ally is a senior at the University of North Texas, graduating with a degree in Ecology on May 14, 2012.  The next two are sisters; Caroline a sophomore at West Florence, SC and Nerissa, who will be graduating
summa cum laude  with a BS in Nursing from
Clemson University on Dec. 22, 2011.  Katie (not pictured) is a Jr at College of Charleston and has a part time job working as Innkeeper for Ashley Place, a B&B in an old antebellum home.  She had to work on Wed., Thurs., and Friday so she didn't get to come.  We will see her Christmas in SC.


Brothers Bill and Ronnie don't see each other very often since Bill lives in Florence, SC and Ron lives in Austin, TX.  They are pictured here inside the church eating Thanksgiving dinner.

Thursday night our family gathered at my brother Perry's cabin on a little pond inside the city limits on Beaver Dam creek and had a big bonfire and roasted marshmallows.  It got too cold and we had to come home around 7:30 p.m.  The evening was spent playing cards, watching ball games, and just having fun visiting.

Friday we had another thanksgiving dinner at our house for our kids and Judy and Guy.  We had turkey and ham, dressing, veggies, pumpkin pie and much more.

After lunch we gathered in the living room for my 77th birthday.  I got a lot of nice gifts and they took photos of me as I opened each gift.  Everybody but Judy and Guy left early Sat. morning to head home before the big traffic jam on Sunday.  Judy and Guy headed to Sarasota, FL Sunday morning.  It was sad when the last car pulled out.