Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was an exciting day at the Deakins household. In the morning, Shelley went to run the 4-mile Turkey Trot with Dave’s sister Jen. Meanwhile, Andrew and Dave working on getting the turkeys ready to cook. Andrew especially liked helping to ‘paint’ the turkeys (brushing them with oil). Around mid-morning, we put the turkeys in the oven and then fixed pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. Things got hectic again around 3pm as we started to cook side dishes and people began arriving. It was a fun crowd of people including Jen and Mike and their kids, several couples and associated kids from our church (Matt and Maribel and Dave and Christine), Matt’s parents and a couple of CSU students. We had quite the feast of foods and desserts and everyone had plenty of leftovers to take home.
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<Andrew and Kyle in November
Here are some miscellaneous pictures of Andrew and Kyle during the month of November
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Gamma and the boys
Here are some pictures of Andrew and Kyle with Margaret.
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Respite Care Ball
As has become our annual tradition, in the middle of this month, Shelley and I went to the Respite Care Charity Ball that raises money for the non-profit organization for kids with developmental disabilities where Shelley worked during college. Many of the couples from our couples group at church were able to come with us, and we had a good time dressing up, eating good food, and dancing.
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