November 2020

 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.