Mielke/Funk Thanksgiving

We have had the most wonderful Thanksgiving week.  A Mielke/Funk event that we hope to re-create time and time again.

David's parents, Paul and Jean flew from New Jersey to Portland Oregon to spend a few days with their older son John, who lives and works there.  Younger son Mark, who lives and works in Los Angeles, also flew in to Portland to catch a ride with parents and sibling, to Rolinco Road on Wednesday!

David and Roni arrived late Wednesday night from Boston.  A few extended Mielke family relatives joined us on Thanksgiving day for food and fellowship, as did my parents.  New to our group are co-workers of David's that now live in Spokane.  Their journey to Rolinco road is a little longer than most, starting in Greece, then moving to Rome Italy, and now Spokane!  A delightful young couple, they add so much to our family unit!

  I love Thanksgiving.  It is such a warm and comforting time for both me and Reynald.  Our girls love it as well, and what a treat is was to have them both in the kitchen, helping prepare our meal.

A few, but far complete photo image representation of our day....

David and his dad Paul visiting in the kitchen before dinner.

The Funk brothers, plus Roni Jo on Thanksgiving morning, eating breakfast.

Brothers, David, Mark and John.

The garage set up for dinner.

Reynald carving the turkey.

Reynald supervising the buffet line with Uncle Doug and Alicia dishing up.

The dining room crowd.

Nephews Nathan and Jeff and brother John Funk.

Our youngest Thanksgiving guest, one year old Kirki who just celebrated her first birthday.

Thanksgiving day sunset.

The southern sky on Thanksgiving day.

And the eastern sky at sunset on Thanksgiving day.  It was a 360 degree beautiful sky.