Being Thankful in Lassen County!

Thanksgiving Day of 2008. With my boys all grown and leading their own lives, and 3 of them living in Southern Ca. this Thanksgiving was destined to be a quiet one. Only my son Travis and his girlfriend Tiffany along with my grandson Jeremiah Lee was all I could hope for seeing as far as family goes. They did not disappoint me. Although they were consuming their Thanksgiving feast at Tiffany's mom's house they did not forget to come to "Mom's" house to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving, along with allowing me to do the proverbial picture taking.

An unforeseen visit by my hubby's nephew, (with his daughter and girlfriend ) visiting friends up here this Thanksgiving weekend allowed me to add a couple more pictures for my picture(s)

of the day.

A day of friends and family.

In the middle is my hubby's nephew Kenneth, on the left is his daughter and on the right his girlfriend. This is out in front of our house. As you can see it was a beautiful and clear sunny day. Also it was not even that cold,not even chilly!

Then this afternoon as they were headed to the "other mother-in-laws" home is my Jeremiah Lee on the left and my son Travis Lee and his girlfriend Tiffany.

Jeremiah is sporting a couple of newly missing upper front teeth!

But they are growing in so quickly that I do not think that he will be singing this Christmas "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."

This Jeremiah Lee and I on Thanksgiving 2008. It goes without saying that it is quite obvious how easy it is for me to come up with a couple things I am thankful for, when one of them is sitting right on my lap!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers and friends.

PEACE!!!

Allison

Fletcher Walker Elemtary School

This post today is coming due to the T.V. show "The View." I just so happen to be an avid fan of the show and never miss it. I do not watch T.V. and never really have, but I do "listen" to the news in the morning and for the most part I actually try to sit down to watch "The View." Whoopi Goldberg brought up on Monday how "Thanksgiving" seems to have been just pushed aside this season in preference of  hustling Christmas. She also brought up the Pilgrims and the Indians and how she has not seen nor heard any indicators that this story is even being told anymore. Ever since she said that on Monday it has been on my mind, as I have not seen my Grandson bring home any Pilgrim/Indian pictures, or those Turkeys made out of pine cones, or hand prints etc. and it has been on my mind ever since.(In fairness I also have not seen much of my grandson in the last couple weeks) So today for my picture(s) of the day I decided to have my hubby drive me by Fletcher Walker Elementary School to see if there were any clues that any of the classes had participated in the Thanksgiving story.
This is what I found.
     Walking all around I saw no Turkeys, no Indians, no symbolism of the Thanksgiving story. That does not mean it was not told. Nor does it mean that perhaps the childrens art work to do with Thanksgiving has already been removed, due to them being out of school for the week.

 

So with that said and my curiosity somewhat indulged, I would love to share these pictures of a very nice school yard indeed. Standing on Sixth street with Delwood to the right and Cedar to the left, Fletcher walker Elementary School is a full block all the way around.

 

This is overlooking the Kindergarten Playground from Fifth and Cedar Streets.

 

And back out front again on Delwood, sits their lone school bus. The kids that live in Westwood have no bus. They must walk to school. Pinetown where I live, on the outskirts of Westwood, the children are picked up by this bus.