The Thanksgiving holiday was a family intense affair for us this year. Our son Derek and his girlfriend S flew out from the east coast, and we met at the Granlibakken resort at Lake Tahoe. Family members from all over converged to have an informal memorial service for Elaine's grandfather who recently passed away at the tender age of 96.
Two of her sisters with their families joined us, as well as her mom and her mom's husband. It was quite an affair. The resort provided Thanksgiving dinner, complete with two roast turkeys for the lot of us - 17 all together.
The next day we drove down to Auburn to see Elaine's aunt and uncle along with two cousins she hadn't seen in 20 years. Her grandmother was there as well, and we had another memorial with them.
Our friend Kitty and her gentleman caller live just a few miles from the resort, so we spent some time with them, and then on the way back stopped to see my brother Erik in Sacramento.
Poor S! She was completely inundated with new people all weekend long. She was a trouper, though, and now has much better insight into the environment that molded Derek. ;-)
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