'THANKMAS' AT ROCKE'S 2008, Nov. 29th.

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008

We woke up this sunday morning to 2-3 inches of snow, what a surprise. I guess we just

have to have snow before we leave for Arizona.

This is what our barn yard looks like.

On Friday night the girls all went to a baby shower for my granddaughter, Rachel.
She is expecting her first, a little girl to be named Riley Sue.
Then on Saturday we met as a family to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The girls call is our 'Thankmas' celebration.

Below is a picture of all 35 of us.
We were so blessed to have all of our children, spouses,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren here with us.

The grand-kids enjoying the meal and each other.

This was taken in our basement rec room.

Our traditional fluff was served with 3 almonds hidden in it.

The winners of the kids were Mary, John, and Sarah.

Court won the almond on the adult table.

We had such a good time getting together and enjoyed all the good food every one

brought for the day. We had too much!

Of course the day was spent in playing 42, caton, card games and many others games.

We had a gift exchange for the boys and one for the girls. The boys most prized gift was

an ice scraper with de-icer. Little did we know that the next morning it could be used.

We all had a good time seeing what each other received in the grab bag.

We gave Jesus a gift of $112.00. It

will be sent to pastor Godfrey in Malawi Africa for his work.

Wishing you all our love and prayers.