Celebrating Thanksgiving!

We had a couple of Thanksgiving celebrations this year...

Keith (Dwayne's brother) and Holly invited us to join them on Thanksgiving Day. This is a group picture in their back yard -- Peggy came in from Dallas, and Keith and Holly's kids, Michael and Allison with their significant other / spouse came in to join the celebration also.

The back wall of their yard is painted like an ocean scene (in case you think it looks like we are in an ocean front location).

Lots of options for our Thanksgiving feast!

Carl and I like to have leftover turkey, so we decided to cook a Thanksgiving meal in our guest casa (the park model next door to our RV lot which we purchased earlier this year). It was pretty "interesting" cooking in the kitchen there -- figuring out what pots, pans, and dishes were available, how to use the oven and microwave, how to seat 7 for the meal (we invited neighbors to celebrate with us!).

The table in the casa has two leaves and the casa has a number of folding chairs, so we were able to all sit down to eat, though we had the food on the stove and countertop rather than trying to have it on the table and passing it around.

It is fun to have multiple Thanksgiving dinners, as long as there is time between for the first one to digest before you start the second one!

Happy Birthday, Liz!!!

Our neighbor, fellow-line-dancer, and friend, Liz, had a birthday coming up on November 30. We celebrated on Friday at the Karaoke at the Baja Bistro here at Venture Out.

Her cake -- that's a picture of her from a few years ago when she was waiting outside the Activity Office on the first day that room reservations could be made so she could get the ballroom for line dance lessons at the desired time each week!

Friend Vicki with Liz and Liz's cake. Vicki is also a line dance instructor, but now at a different park.

Liz with her Happy Birthday candle head piece

Friends Linda and Jodi singing to Liz

We had several tables of friends celebrating Liz's birthday (and listening to Karaoke too!).

For a couple of the songs, the performers invited us to come up and line dance.

Liz and Patti line dancing.

By the end of the party, a lot of the cake had been consumed, but Liz's picture was still left!

It is fun to celebrate friends!