Second Thanksgiving?

Today we had a second Thanksgiving at Grammy and Grampa's.  This Thanksgiving celebration as well had no turkey!!  I am not a fan of turkey if you can't tell.  For lunch we had pizza and calzones!  At the Timberlake side thanksgiving it is usually a small turnout consisting of Grammy and Grampa, my parents, my sister and her boyfriend Kevin, my brother, his wife and three kids, aunt Cheryl, uncle Cliff and their daughter Finn, then of course Allyssia, Roland, and I. 

In typical Timberlake fashion, along with not having turkey we also had a heck of a bonfire for Thanksgiving. 

The whole family got to come out and play with the fire, but nobody has as much fun as Grampa does playing in a bonfire.

We started with two piles of brush and only one lit.  Once the first burnt down Grampa pushed the second pile on top.

We of course couldn't only work around the brush pile before pushing them together, we had to climb to the top of the brush pile.  We Timberlake's like a good bon fire. 








Mostly when working up a fire like this we kind of fly by the seat of our pants but Grampa and I made it look like we knew what we were doing and were making a plan.  In reality we were talking engines!

It did not take any time at all for the fire to burn down to a massive pile of coals that Grampa is going to keep a close eye on tonight!  With the fire burnt down we all went in for a few minutes for dessert.  While inside Baby Roland just had to spend some time with his Great Grampa!

On that note our second of three thanksgivings is come and gone.  We had a wonderful time with family, food, and fire!  On to the third Thanksgiving at Pepere's tomorrow!  Until next time stay tuned and check back often. 

A Happy Thanksgiving

I have been typing this blog for almost two years now and over that time everyone reading has "met" our family and watched it expand.  As we have expanded our family we have started our own family traditions.  This year and last year Allyssia and I decided to have a small Thanksgiving meal at our house.  This year my parents, Pepere, Grammie and Grampa joined us.  I don't have to much to say today except that I am thankful that we got to spend a wonderful day surrounded by family.  I am also super thankful that Allyssia can cook an amazing feast for everyone to enjoy.  She worked on the food last night and then started back in this morning finishing everything up. 

Our kitchen table was crowded but as every table should be it was big enough for everyone to enjoy the meal!

Roland got to visit with everyone especially his Memere! He had a wonderful time playing and talking to everyone.

He is always so happy and ready to play!  He played right through his nap time but once everyone left he took a well needed nap and so did I!!

While we were all there; Baby Roland, Myself, my father and Grampa got together for a four generations of Timberlake's family picture!  As you can imagine we had a great family filled Thanksgiving and would not trade it for anything!

 Four Generations on one side of the family is great but four generations on both sides is even cooler!

We hope that your Thanksgiving was just as fun filled and exciting.  Until next time stay tuned and check back often. 

I Need a Bookshelf!

Since I was younger I have loved to read.  Over time my reading interests have changed but it still stands that when I start a book I usually don't set it down much or do anything other than read until it is done.  A short while back I was at a customers house and they were showing me a book they found at a yard sale and it just happened to peak my interest.  The book was called "The Maine Two Footers."

Trains have never been of a huge interest to me but my interest was piqued when I saw that it had a lot to do with the Sandy River line that came through Farmington!  Off to amazon I went and ordered the book that came from a third party seller as it is no longer published. It arrived Friday and I have had a hectic weekend and havent set down to read yet but I am impatiently waiting to start it.  Another few books I have gotten recently are a few engine related books from Grampa.

The first two books are of just about every hit and miss engine manufacture with a short write up and a picture or illustration.  The third is by the same author and is a history of everything International Harvester.  It is so complete of a history that it starts with the horse drawn mowing machines to the engines, trucks, and even their baling twine.  The next book by the author C.H. Wendel will be his "150 Years of J.I. Case". Before I can do that though I need a bookshelf to store all of these books as well as my Snoopy books and many others.  Until next time stay tuned and check back often.