What a Fun Week

 This has been a grand Thanksgiving Week! A few weeks ago, Juna Magno texted and asked if their family could come for Thanksgiving. When I talked with her personally she indicated they needed to be out of their house by the 20th and were on their way to Alaska to stay with family. That meant they were coming for Thanksgiving week instead of a day. We thought that would be just fine. Ezra is a student of BYU Hawaii and they don't have a car, so they probably couldn't give us COVID having never gone anywhere. The day they arrived the governor had put a quash on all gatherings over 10. We were ok because with everyone in our home there would be 11 people and one of those is a infant.

Arriving at the Amtrak station
Ezra, Junia, and Juna Magno

I hadn't realized how great it would be to have the Magno's in our home. Makynlee had a friend to run around with. Michael had someone who knew computers and programing, and Julia and Juna could talk about parenting skills together. Junia got to know what a younger sister would be like (good and bad) and Makynlee tried to figure out how to get an older girl to do what she wanted. Mostly they made blanket forts and ran around the house together. Both the mothers read to the girls.

Junia reading to her mom and Makynlee

Magical world of books

One of the best parts for me was sewing up placemats and watching Juna make a baking apron and circle skirt for Junia. Patrice Christensen gave me four boxes of material from the high school who was dumping them and I have used that material for different projects for about 2 !/2 years. I was so glad that Juna and Junia could find something that made them happy. I aided a little in technique and looking up how to make measurements fit but mostly it was Juna making Junia happy.

We all were happy to taste the sinigang soup and adobe chicken that Juna made. On Thanksgiving she really hit it our of the park with pancit and lumpia! It was a highlight of our meal.

Ezra cooking up the lumpia that Juna made

It really is a treat to have them over. I wonder if the reason is because we have seen so very few people these last few months that it has given us a greater appreciation having company visit.

Can you believe it?!! Next week I will be in Africa!