Covid raged on through November, Joe Biden won the election so Donald Trump began to sit more gently on my mind, and we continued to keep in touch with the girlies by Marco Polo. Erick and some of his family received United States Citizenship in November. Grandmother's health took a bad turn in November and we headed to Mesa, AZ for a couple of weeks to be with and help her. We saw several family members, including Trevor and his new baby Elle. We went to the mountains to see Matt and Kim's "Land" on a delightful day out. We had a small Thanksgiving dinner with Grandmother. She had another setback that night and returned to the hospital. The next morning we headed home by way of Peoria, where we social distanced with Maren's family for a couple of hours. It's hard not to properly visit family; the pandemic sucks.
We met Tucker in SLC to take him to get his passport renewed and
we had a nice late lunch at Greek Souvlakia
Fish sandwiches from Ripples with some of the SKTs
Proud to be American
Marco Polo keeps us connected
A great accomplishment for Erick and family, not quite in
time to vote
Taking Grandmother's Danish Modern chairs to be rebuilt
in Tempe
An ergonomic chair for Grandmother's back
Facetime chat with Ray and Carol in Canada on Bonnie's
propped-up phone
The Mesa Temple is undergoing a multi-year refurbishment
Reading chapters of my personal history to Grandmother who
maintains that she loves it
Newest great-grandchild
Elle Boynton
I had never seen a photo of Grandad Boynton's parents,
and Chip scanned this portrait for me
"The Land" just below the Mogollon Rim (in the background)
Matt has a wonderful well on his land
This will become the interior of the Marlpit-Hill Boyntons' cabin
This was once a garage for a neighboring cabin that will be converted
into a cabin for Matt and Kim
Kris preparing her famous stuffing
A new headset so Grandmother can listen to music
AJ's sold us a few slices of turkey and some yams
on Thanksgiving morning
Thankful people
It turned out fine: we made everything but the turkey and yams
Meagan got us all together on a Zoom call Thanksgiving evening
Social distancing outside with masks in Peoria with the Youngs (the
boys haven't had haircuts since the pandemic started)
We spent the night in Henderson on the way home and
had supper at our favorite Greek restaurant there
So isn't remarkable that the month started and ended with Greek food? We will be all alone for Covid Christmas, but will certainly celebrate anyway. That's all for now.
OXO
D.
