Autumn??? I don't think so - -

Thanksgiving is just four days from now! And still!!! our temperatures here in Mesa, AZ. are hovering between 76o and 880! Thankfully, mornings and evenings are much cooler --!
There is a football game going on , on our tV - so it must be Fall!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner with Debbie and her family - We don't see Courtney and Hayden Tramundanas real often, now that mommy and Daddy aren't living together any longer :( - so it will be fun to see them for the first time since last early summer , when I took them and their mommy MIchele, to lunch.
RAlph will make two kinds of trifle -- our regular "Grandma Jamieson" kind that we all grew up with -- and then a newcomer to the family -- a pumpkin trifle! Yum!

Johnny won't be home for Thanksgiving this year - but says he'll be here for Christmas.
He is loving North Carolina -

Kathy and Ricks family keeps growing and growing - and they will most all be together - Six grandchildren now! It should be a fun gathering over there!

And so - no matter the weather! or the economy! All of us, together in our several gatherings, will continue to be thankful for so many things!
"Each day is a gift!"

Since I'm done with "Facebook" -- I think I had better get some updated pictures on here - -especially a few from the picnic we had with Jenna, Jonathan, Noah & Eden - when we met them in Payson in October.

Pictures from our morning! Isaiah's 4th Birthday!

A "catch up"

It's been too long -- it's now summer/fall of 2008! The family have mostly changed their blogs or album spaces - - so it's hard to keep up. it seems many are going to Picasa - - should I , I wonder? I have some posted on Kodak , some on Snapfish (Most) and some on Picasa. And probably a few others too - Shutterfly maybe? photo bucket? maybe.
Anyway - we are up in our park model in the relative "cool" of the White Mt.s of Show Low - -and the Mogollan Rim. While we miss Round Lake, Ontario - and our friends there - we are adjusting and enjoying.
Made a few new friends -- and have enjoyed some who have come to visit us on occasion.
We only have room to sleep 2 on a hideabed - -so there are limits to our "guests" -- for overnight - however , we have served up to eight on our screened in porch - or inside on TV trays or end tables, etc. Lack of space has never left us hungry!

A Girl for Sarah and Eric ! Gabrielle Celeste Martin

Gabrielle was born on August 19th, 2008! She weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz and is 19 inches long. She joins big brothers, Isaiah and Nathanael who are very happy with her. Her cousins, Aunts n Uncles, grandparents and great grandparents are also so happy that she has joined our family!

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