Sunday, September 11, 2011

November = Turkey Day and Mel and Brian's and Disneyland!

We've been making the trip to Victorville every November for Thanksgiving at Melanie and Brian's home since we moved to Arizona, since we're so close, and we were invited. It's turned into a mini family reunion every year which I love, love, love.

Last year was lots of crazy family and fun. The group was expanded by more of the Marnette family--Uncle Joey, my mom, Vikki and Trish--and other descendants as well as Brian's family.

We included Disneyland in the itinerary too, something we try to do every couple of years--this time there were 3 or 4 generations of us gallivanting about the enchanted kingdom for about 18 hours. Gotta love it.

We also all met up at Aunty Mary's to create some heirloom keepsake pieces from a couple pieces of Gramma Helen's jewelry. We took two necklaces and combined the bits with new beads and findings to make many bracelets and necklaces--all with a little bit of Gramma's legacy.

Uncle Don, Alec and Devin took the little boys out for a walk with the dogs while the gals all played with the sparklies. Check out the photos:


Disneyland

Turkey Day
Making jewelry

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