On Thursday afternoon, we all gathered at Mark's and Jenny's home in Birmingham for a fine turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Everyone contributed. Starting on the right and going around the table: Jenny, Jenny's Dad Joe, Brenda and Doug, Jenny's sister Amy, Mark, Jenny's sister Ellen, Jenny's sister Mary and her husband Todd (Brenda and Doug are Todd's parents), yours truly, and Nancy. This picture was taken in their dining room. The kids; Emma, Ann Douglas, Jackson and John Michael; sat at a smaller table to the right and out of the picture. Emma and Ann Douglas are Mary and Todd's two girls. Jenny was a gracious hostess. Thanks.

We stayed until this morning helping to finish off the leftovers. Mark and I watched several good football games and played around 15 games of table tennis. I won once, but I had fun every game.

Nobody asked, but this year I was most thankful to be alive. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out August 11 in this year's archive.