November 21-22 - Thanksgiving

 We had so very much to be thankful for this weekend. A healthy family was the first thing we were thankful for.

Since our first dance in February 2012 we have taught anyone who will try how to dance. Our cousins were no exception. We danced every day all weekend. Needless to say we were all sore      
(thank you to all my cousins for putting up with it a learning despite our teaching).  

Another thing everyone was thankful for was our youngest cousin Elijah. No-matter what was going on Elijah was in the middle making everyone laugh.

Rossella's younger sister made these beautiful place cards. Thank you for the time you put into these, Aunt Lyda.

I think the younger boys had a wonderful time with their Uncle/Daddy. Thank you Uncle Dan.

We all had a wonderful time because of the unity of all the families. Thank you everyone for making it a wonderful Thanksgiving for the Pogues. ( We still talk about it )

Of course the food, we all were thankful for the delicious food. Thanks to all the Moms for providing that.

November 24-25 - Visiting Long-time Friends

 Saturday and Sunday were spent getting to see our friends we haven't seen in over a year. Thank you all for making us feel as though we've been gone a day rather than 4 years.  

First stop visiting Rossella's Aunt, Uncle, Cousin and all their kids. All the boys were splitting wood. And so , instead of acting like normal teens and listening to the Adults talk, all us Pogue kids jumped in, with our nice clothes on I might add, and stacked wood for an hour. Thank you for letting us get to help you guys. 

This is Rossella's Uncle and Aunt. She is James Lambert's sister and he is Laverne's brother.

This is their daughter...

....and her husband

 Later that evening we all went to another friends house for supper. We got a chance to meet some new additions to our old homeschool group. I had a wonderful time, thank you all.

Garrett, Gabe, Becky, and Lindley watching Courageous .... or the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything.

The family that hosted the evening, the Todds. Thanks guys.

On Sunday we got to see the family that we weren't sure we could. We had so much fun thank you all.