Thanksgiving

Because everyone will be here for Christmas this year, everyone in the family was spending their Thanksgiving at their "other" places: Mom and Dad were going to Robert's, Delaney to Zack's, and Henley to Blaine's.  Mark and I didn't really have any plans for ourselves but things changed about the month before Thanksgiving. 

Mark's parents have been living on a ranch about 17 miles north of Brady, TX.  It was a great place for them to be for several years; Phil enjoyed having cows, growing and harvesting alfalfa, and life outside of the city.  Rosemary however wasn't as thrilled about living that far out of town but she made the best of it.  

Phil and Rosemary's house at the Ranch

As the years have passed, Phil's ability to take care of things around the ranch has declined and so in October they made the decision to find a new place to call home.  It didn't take them long to find a place to move to and they were able to quickly buy a home in Granbury, TX  and moved into their new place in late October.  Their home is located in a gated community and they both seem to really like living there with neighbors and in an actual neighborhood.  They have put the ranch on the market and hope to be selling it soon.  

This sign was on their ranch house

All that being said, Mark and I have been storing some things at the ranch while we are in Colorado.  The house that Phil and Rosemary bought doesn't have any place for us to store our belongings so we needed to make a trip to Texas to get it moved before they sold the ranch.  Since Thanksgiving was coming up and Mark had some time off of work, we decided to drive to Texas to see his parents and to get everything moved to another location while we were there. 

Needless to say it was a very long drive there and a really quick round-trip to Texas.  We left Parker early on Tuesday morning, arrived in Granbury late that evening and were up early again on Wednesday to drive to Brady to get our belongings.  On the way to the ranch, we stopped by to see Henley in Stephenville.  She was leaving later in the day to drive to Odessa so we were able to spend about 3 hours with her before she needed to get on the road. 

Mark and Henley

Henley's dogs Marlow and Peanut

We managed to get to the ranch, check on the property, deliver our things in Stephenville, and drive back to Granbury before it got dark.  Funny how you think that something will only take a you a few hours to do turns into something much longer...

Thursday we ate Thanksgiving at the Clubhouse that is in the community that Phil and Rosemary live in.  We had a beautiful buffet dinner at noon so Rosemary and I didn't do any cooking this year.  I personally don't mind cooking but Rosemary has said she's done with cooking large meals anymore- lol.  The rest of the day was spent watching football games and visiting.

Thanksgiving Day 2016

Us in Granbury, TX

Henley and Blaine in Snyder, TX

Delaney and Zack in Odessa, TX

Friday we made a quick trip to HEB to stock up on some food supplies that we can only get in Texas, helped Phil try to get his printer set up, watched the Longhorns play, watched more football and visited some more.  

Mark and Phil

Mark and Rosemary

Phil, Rosemary and Mark

Saturday we were up early to head back to Colorado.  After another long day in the truck we arrived back in Colorado late in the evening.  It was a very fast trip but we were glad that we were able to spend Thanksgiving with Mark's parents. 

Phil and Rosemary