Thursday, November 28, 2013 (Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Happy Thanksgiving

Doesn't turkey smell good while it's cooking?  Rich cooks the turkey in our family and he does a very fine job.  The morning started out with yummy smells of turkey cooking.  We were expecting Taylor and Jayden, his little boy somewhere around 11:00 a.m.  They are coming up from Surprise, AZ which is around 3 hours away.

We spent the morning getting the rest of our Thanksgiving dinner prepared, the fruit salad made, the potato's peeled, the yams peeled, the rolls were rising, I think we are ready.

Taylor and Jayden arrived around 11:30, we are so glad they made the trip to spend the day with us.  We had never met Jayden before, he's 2.5 and what a cutie, just like his dad.

Taylor & Jayden

Little Jayden was a little shy at first but soon warmed up and was showing off his boundless energy.  Where do little kids get all that energy?  He was a very well behaved little boy - good job Taylor!

We had a very nice dinner, picnic style sitting outside in the nice warm temps, I think it got to 75 degrees today.  That is one thing we realized, we are a little short of dining room seating in the 5er since we only have two chairs but it was a perfect day to eat outdoors.

After our dinner, we took a little walk around the park to work off our dinner so we could make room for pumpkin pie.  Jayden was learning to ride his tricycle, he liked it when we went down hill and he didn't have to pedal.  He's a typical little boy, pretty rough and tumble, he took a spill or two but it didn't even phase him or slow him down.  While we were walking, we tried to connect up with my mom and my brothers and their families via Facetime, it was a little jerky and sometimes hard to hear, but we did get to say hi to everyone.

Jayden loves rocks, so had lots of fun playing in these

We had an excellent visit and it was so good getting caught up on Taylor's life.  He sounds like a very mature young man and is very involved in his sons life.  He's a good dad and I'm proud of him and I'm glad they made the long drive to see us.  We hope to spend more time together while we are here this winter.