Thanksgiving at Dad's

Sunday we had lunch at Dad with the Ellisor side of our family. Fred and all his family, Judy & Stephanie, Dad & Erica, Meemaw, Mike & Laurel and Ronnie, the kids and I were all there to celebrate together. Colt is getting so big and more mobile every time I see him. He was crawling around everywhere and loves to give hugs. Andrew kept making him give hugs.

Colt really liked playing with the play center Courtney brought for him. It had lots of lights and sounds to keep him entertained.

We were especially blessed to get the chance to talk to Dawn, Jason, Lauren and Justin. Mostly we chatted with Lauren and Justin. Every time I talk to them Justin is talking more & more and Lauren is singing more & more in Dutch! She is so smart! How I wish they were here. Only 19 more days until they arrive back in the states!

When Judy got to dad's, she had a host gift for him...a jar of pickles that Betty Sue had put up. What a wonderful gift. Dad was very touched by her gift. This is our first holiday without Betty Sue and just wasn't quite the same. She brought such joy and laughter to our gatherings and I didn't realize just how much I would miss that until today. Who will do the Bill Cosby impersonations and tell the funny stories now? Fred...Sharon? The rest are retired or work with high school students...where's the humor there? Ha Ha!

Of course, what would be Thanksgiving without the talk of deer hunting?! Ronnie, Trey, Aliska and Andrew all went to the deer lease with Ronnie's parents. Aliska got her 1st buck, a 7 pointer. Ronnie got a smaaallll 8 point buck. He says it shrunk up on him after he shot it...ha, ha! Fred, Wey and Blake had gone hunting too and had a successful hunting trip as well. I'm sure hunting stories are like fishing stories; the bucks get bigger each time they tell their stories.

We had a great time visiting with everyone and especially can't wait til Christmas. For the first time, it will be at Fred's and then we will be leaving to go skiing. YEAH!! The kids just love to go to Fred and Sharon's. Heck, we did too as kids. Hope everyone had a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving and remembers daily all that we are to be thankful for!

Elijah Thomas Gober

Monday, we experienced a miracle...the miracle of childbirth! God's little children are so very precious and the experience of being there for the birth of a baby is absolutely amazing! Sidney and Jeffery's little miracle, Elijah, made his appearance at 6:55 weighing in at 7 lbs 12 ozs and measuring 20 3/4 in. He has what appears to be blue eyes and light brown/dk blonde hair. Mom and baby are doing just wonderfully.

It is so bright out here!

Proud Grandparents

Our New Lil' Miracle

Granny Meuth's 90th Birthday...WOW!!

Can you even begin to imagine all the changes that Alice (E-liska, AKA Granny) Meuth has seen throughout her 90 years of life? She has been a loving, caring, strong, Christian daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. From refrigerators that use large blocks of ice to keep them cool to ones that make their own ice, from having to get out of the car to go up a hill if there were too many people in the car to having the horse power to pull large travel trailers, who would have thought there would be so many changes in technology in the 1900's alone. Through it all Granny has been the same wonderful person she always has been. We are so blessed to have her in our family and wish her many more birthday blessings. We Love You GRANNY!!

Industrial High School Reunion

Nov 6th I took dad to Industrial High Schools Big "60" Reunion. The reunion was for all 60 classes that have graduated from IHS. There were so many people we haven't seen for years...especially dad. He was able to visit with many past athletes he coached and previous neighbors that lived near us in Vanderbilt. Mom went Thurs and stayed the night with one of her dear friends Genevieve. Friday we met up with mom at the reunion pep rally. There are so many former students that now are part of the faculty at IISD and many of the traditions they've had for years are still going strong. It was like going home again, bringing back some of the many wonderful memories of our time living there. After the pep rally we watched a presentation on IISD - Past, Present & Future followed with a tour of the new high school facilities.

We had lunch with Colleen Rozsypal and Miranda Poppe at Cobra Corner. Mrs. Gabrysch was working and visited with us for a bit. Dad and I drove out to the Utz's after lunch and so enjoyed our time with them as well. They like a part of our family when we lived there and we still consider them so even now.

That evening we went back to the school for bbq dinner (where Andrew fell asleep-I think we his play date at the Roszypal's wore him out!) and the game...where the Cobras blew away Danbury in a shut out! It was great seeing everyone and hope it won't be so long between visits in the future.