Thanksgiving Family VisitNovember 18-19, 2022We had very much looked forward to the family visit during Thanksgiving week. Jeff, Darla, and Elyse were able to leave Louisiana on Friday afternoon November 18 and arrived about 11:30pm. So after a brief visit, we put them to bed and anticipated the next day. They got a reasonable night's sleep and the three of them go up and did their walks in the neighborhood. They always enjoy getting together with Marty Dye and he soon showed up. They took off on a shopping trip and spent time at the Mexican store in Mableton.
Sunday, November 20Jeff, Darla, and Elyse took time for their walks and for breakfast. Rod and Brenda were off to teach their Sunday School class, and the others joined us for church. We all had light lunches because the Thanksgiving Around the Table at church was scheduled for 5:30pm.
Marty and Jeff had researched the situation and in light of the fact that there was no catalytic converter on this old truck, there was no need for the vacuum pump. So they removed it from the belt path by getting a serpentine belt that fit without that vacuum pump in the path. The truck cranked up and the new belt ran smoothly, so it was time to celebrate!
This view shows more of the crowd - more than a hundred people attended. It was a great fellowship.
Wednesday, November 23Monday through Wednesday were a time for Jeff and family plus Marty to explore, shop, and relax. Evenings were game time. On Wednesday, Jordan could get off work so she and Luke headed north from New Orleans and arrived somewhere around 6pm. At about 6:30pm we enjoyed a family dinner with Jordan and Luke included this time. Around 7:30 we gathered in the dining room for a time of visiting. Ashleigh was constrained by her schedule as a third-year medical student and had to work until 4pm on Wednesday. She then took a flight from New Orleans to Atlanta and Jeff and Darla traveled to the Atlanta airport to pick her up. It was one of the busiest nights of the year for flights and they waited in line 45 minutes of more to reach the pickup area, but fortunately that was about the time Ashleigh made it through the crowd to be picked up, close to 10pm. We were pleased to now have all of Jeff's family with us in anticipation of Thanksgiving tomorrow.
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