We hung out with our kids. We were here for the baby’s birth. We stayed for two Thanksgiving Dinners. We were going to stay for another week and go to the Taylor, Roth and Company Christmas Dinner, but there are sub-zero temperatures in the forecast. Sorry to miss the dinner, but we’re going to beat a hasty retreat south ahead of the front. With any luck we’ll get wrapped up here and get started south by Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.
Thanksgiving at Becky and Brian’s
Yesterday (Saturday). Our entire branch of the Taylor Clan.
The guys.
The gals.
Carving the turkey.
The dinner.
(All that champagne is actually sparkling cider for the kids.) The hosts.
Brian and Arie.
Taylor and Arie.
Tony and Arie.
Arie.
Arie awake!
We think she’s losing that newborn look already. Rags the Cat.
It was a delight visiting with everyone, especially the two older kids who have been away. Taylor was so excited about her human osteology class, she could barely even tell us about it. She has an almost complete skeleton from a turn of the century unauthorized cemetery at a Colorado Insane Asylum. It’s a really interesting set of bones because they’re so distinctive. She has a very large man with lots of broken bones and signs of wear to provide clues about how old he was, how tall he was, whether he was right or left handed, if he walked normally or with a limp, and all the things that happened to him in his life. The quote of the day however, goes to Tony. Home from college, at one point (apparently) wandering aimlessly around the house, he was asked to help with something. He responded that he was busy. “Busy? Busy with what?” “I’m practicing thinking in Swedish.” You just never know what to expect…
The guys. The gals. Carving the turkey. The dinner.(All that champagne is actually sparkling cider for the kids.) The hosts. Brian and Arie. Taylor and Arie. Tony and Arie. Arie. Arie awake!We think she’s losing that newborn look already. Rags the Cat. It was a delight visiting with everyone, especially the two older kids who have been away. Taylor was so excited about her human osteology class, she could barely even tell us about it. She has an almost complete skeleton from a turn of the century unauthorized cemetery at a Colorado Insane Asylum. It’s a really interesting set of bones because they’re so distinctive. She has a very large man with lots of broken bones and signs of wear to provide clues about how old he was, how tall he was, whether he was right or left handed, if he walked normally or with a limp, and all the things that happened to him in his life. The quote of the day however, goes to Tony. Home from college, at one point (apparently) wandering aimlessly around the house, he was asked to help with something. He responded that he was busy. “Busy? Busy with what?” “I’m practicing thinking in Swedish.” You just never know what to expect… Breaking out the bassinette
…the bassinet given to my parents by my Dad’s parents in 1937 in celebration of my oldest brother’s birth. It gets passed from family to family and generation to generation. We keep a list of all the kids since then and have now added Arie’s name to it; number 31.
| 1 | William Henry Taylor III | Son of William, Jr. and Margaret Elizabeth (Waldron) Taylor | September 3, 1937 |
| 2 | Thomas Richard Taylor | Son of William, Jr. and Margaret Elizabeth (Waldron) Taylor | February 27, 1941 |
| 3 | David Alan Taylor | Son of William, Jr. and Margaret Elizabeth (Waldron) Taylor | September 2, 1943 |
| 4 | Stephen Paul Taylor | Son of William, Jr. and Margaret Elizabeth (Waldron) Taylor | December 19, 1945 |
| 5 | William Henry Taylor IV | Son of William III and Diann Clar (Mitchell) Taylor | April 20, 1959 |
| 6 | Jon Mitchell Taylor | Son of William III and Diann Clar (Mitchell) | April 3, 1961 |
| 7 | Christie Lee Taylor | Daughter of Thomas and Marian Ruth (Ament) Taylor | September 19, 1966 |
| 8 | Rebecca Lynn Taylor | Daughter of Stephen and Judith Lynn (Shockley) Taylor | June 13, 1969 |
| 9 | Matthew Alexander Taylor | Son of Stephen and Judith Lynn (Shockley) Taylor | August 14, 1972 |
| 10 | Michael David Taylor | Son of David and Paula Sue (Waldo) Taylor | December 11, 1972 |
| 11 | Suzanne Alane Taylor | Daughter of Thomas and Kathryn Alane (Free) Taylor | September 12, 1974 |
| 12 | Jacob Andrew Taylor | Son of David and Paula Sue (Waldo) Taylor | November 4, 1974 |
| 13 | Elisa Margaret Taylor | Daughter of William III and Patricia Carol (Caesar) Taylor | September 21, 1981 |
| 14 | Kyndal Justine Taylor | Daughter of Jon and Amy Beth (DeLay) Taylor | September 21, 1986 |
| 15 | Jake Terrance Taylor | Son of Jon and Amy Beth (DeLay) Taylor | June 5, 1989 |
| 16 | Cody Mitchell Taylor | Son of Jon and Amy Beth (DeLay) Taylor | July 26, 1991 |
| 17 | Ivy Jackson Taylor | Daughter of William IV and Joan Sally (Jackson) Taylor | October 1, 1992 |
| 18 | Taylor Marie Alexander | Daughter of Brian James and Rebecca Lynn (Taylor) Alexander (Taylor) Alexander | August 2, 1993 |
| 19 | Kyle Bradley Aitken | Son of Kenneth James and Christie Lee (Taylor) Aitken | April 25, 1997 |
| 20 | Anthony James Alexander | Son of Brian James and Rebecca Lynn (Taylor) Alexander | May 6, 1997 |
| 21 | Cameron Christopher Aitken | Son of Kenneth James and Christie Lee (Taylor) Aitken | January 18, 1999 |
| 22 | Jack Michael Taylor | Son of Michael and Katie Elizabeth (Ostrander) Taylor | August 24, 2000 |
| 23 | Teigan Reanne Alexander | Daughter of Brian James and Rebecca Lynn (Taylor) Alexander | July 22, 2001 |
| 24 | Allison Elizabeth Taylor | Daughter of Michael and Katie Elizabeth (Ostrander) Taylor | November 4, 2002 |
| 25 | Alexander Paul Taylor | Son of Matthew and Kari Lynn (Taylor) Taylor | July 9, 2003 |
| 26 | Conner Thomas Alexander | Son of Brian James and Rebecca Lynn (Taylor) Alexander | July 6, 2004 |
| 27 | Aeryn Nahri Taylor | Daughter of Jacob Andrew and Yousun (Kim) Taylor | September 2, 2004 |
| 28 | Natalie Bernice Taylor | Daughter of Michael and Katie Elizabeth (Ostrander) Taylor | July 27, 2005 |
| 29 | Austin Lynn Taylor | Son of Matthew and Kari Lynn (Taylor) Taylor | March 26, 2007 |
| 30 | Austin Jacob Taylor | Son of Jacob Andrew and Yousun (Kim) Taylor | September 12, 2008 |
| 31 | Arie Paige Taylor | Son of Matthew and Lindsay Paige (Seim) Taylor | November 18, 2013 |
It still works just fine.
Thanksgiving
…at Matt and Lindsay’s house.
Even though we’re going to do Thanksgiving again up at Brian and Becky’s house on Saturday, we didn’t pace ourselves.
We ate it all.
Even though we’re going to do Thanksgiving again up at Brian and Becky’s house on Saturday, we didn’t pace ourselves. We ate it all. Just like old times
Me and John B. Some of us build motorcycles or watch birds. Some of us build guitars and ukes.
Friends since 5th (or was it 6th) grade.