Another Malibu Fire

If you live in Southern CA, you know the fire season well. We thought the fires sparked by the last Santa Anas were all we might see this year. Unfortunately, that was not the case. We received a call at 5:45 Saturday morning from Pepperdine's emergency call system. Drescher residents and all students had been relocated to the Tyler Campus Center for safety. The good news was that this one was burning west of Pepperdine and continued to head west so the campus was safe. The bad news is that this fire has burned almost 5000 acres and so far, 50 homes have been lost.

THANKSGIVING IN DALLAS

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with Allen's family in Dallas (well, Arlington for those who know the area). We stayed with his grandparents, arriving on Monday evening. Rick and Leslie joined us Wednesday evening. Granny Dot was up and cooking at 6:00 am Thursday morning! Max, Cindy and the boys came for the feast along with GrandDad's sister, Nita. SO much good food and all the right traditional dishes meant we had to hit the gym first thing Saturday morning!

Although it was about 75 degrees the first couple days of our visit, the temperature quickly dropped and by Thanksgiving day, it was snowing! Here we are trying to catch some flakes on our tongues:



Another exciting event also took place end of that week -- we now have 2 nephews! Born in Ghana, Africa, Corban Emerson made his appearance on November 23, 2007. http://theemersonfamily.blogspot.com/

It was a great week full of family and afternoon naps. I guess we're ready to go back to work now. :)

It's a Small Group Thanksgiving!

Our 2nd Annual Small Group Thanksgiving feast took place at our house the Friday before Thanksgiving and 15+ people crowded into our small home. Everyone brought a traditional dish to share and the result was unamimously one of the best Thanksgiving meals we all had ever had! The turkey was a great hit again -- special thanks go to Jeremy for all the hours of prep work into that delicious smoked masterpiece!



Hanging out and beginning to wind down after stuffing ourselves......