Thanksgiving at the Donnelly's

This is my sister Bonnie and her husband Michael. They invited us to come down to their home in Dallas, Oregon...yes there is a Dallas, Oregon and it is a lot further than I realized from where Mark and I live. We had a wonderful time all packed into their 3 bedroom apartment...all 14 of us that is. But it could have been even cozier if we would have all shown up...all 36 of us!!! Whoa!!!

This is my #1 nephew Steve, Bonnie and Mike's eldest child and his beautiful wife Kristine.  They have 4 wonderful children but only their youngest Eric, was able to join us for Thanksgiving.  Can you believe it...these two are grandparents! 

This is my grand-nephew Eric he is 18...what a great kid!!  He looks like his dad, minus the lip ring lol.

This is my niece Carrie, Bonnie and Mike's daughter, and her sweetie Aaron  What a great looking couple!

This is Anthony, Carrie's son.  He is 16 with a heart of gold, tons of fun, and an all around sweetheart.  He loves to snow board.  Can you tell I kinda like him?

This is my beautiful grand niece Amanda or Manna as I lovingly call her.  She is 15 and Anthony's little sister.  She is a sophmore and on the dance team.  She's a lot of fun to be with.

OK...these two wako's are my brother-in-law Mike and youngest nephew Patrick!  Bonnie is the only unwako looking one in this shot!

These two characters are Patrick, on the left (a much better picture than the previous one) and my #2 nephew Kevin, my brother Terry's son.  What is funny about this pic is that on Jan 7th Patrick is moving to Hawaii to be with his sweetheart Chris and Kevin has the Hawaiian shirt on. LOL  Patrick just recently graduated from Oregon State.  He is the first grandchild for the Weinheimer clan to graduate from college and we are really proud of him!  He will be going to Hawaii to pursue a career in health administration.  Although he will be missed being so far away, what a great excuse to go to Hawaii! 

Kevin lives in Dexter, Oregon with his son Seth, who is 10.  Unfortunately he was visiting his mom for Thanksgiving so he couldn't be with us.  Kev is a Krrraaazy man, lots of fun, and like the rest of the men in this family has a heart of gold.  He drives a bus for the school district and is also a flooring inspector.  If I were a parent of one of those kids on his bus, I would always know that my kids were safe with Kevin behind the wheel. 

This is the only picture that I had on my camera of my brother Terry and Mark.  Terry is sitting next to Mike.  The guys were all setting around watching the game and enjoying the Thanksgiving feast.

That's me in the background slaving away in the kitchen.  They wouldn't let me come to the table and enjoy Thanksgiving with everyone else!!  And if you're buying that I've got some swamp land in Seattle I want to sell you.  Nahhhh it's just the only picture I had of me on my camera and I was surprised that I looked pretty good from the back!!! lol

Possibly just a little too much feasting by these two knuckleheads!  Poor Kristine, I think she is in need of a little Excedrin!

Bonnie with 3 of her 6 grandbabies...not babies any more but always the joy of her heart.  They are pretty found of her too!

Thanks for a great Thanksgiving sis!