Thanksgiving Weekend 2009:

What a wonderful weekend I had with my best friend husband and my extended family!  One of the best Thanksgivings I have ever had.  We drove over to Eugene on Thursday morning to meet up with my Mom's side of the family, as we do each year.  There are usually between 50 and 60 of us in the fellowship hall at Mom's church.  


I have posted a few pictures below, but there is a slide show at the top of this page with many more.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Nigel, Kristin and Grandma Jody

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Kristin and Casey

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Jen, Kari and Kristin

Nanny and Courtney

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Cary, Michael and Uncle Chunk

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Kari, Julie, Me and Kristin

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Kristin with her pumpkin earrings.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Ethan and Casey

 

We drove up the McKenzie and stayed at Holiday Farms Resort.  There are a lot vacation rentals there, and they are manged by two separate companies.  This time, we rented from The McKenzie Riverside Cottages http://www.mckenzieriversidecottages.com/   and stayed in the Gentle Rapids suite of the big house next to the office.  This home is used for large groups, and has three different apartments, each with 2 or 3 bedrooms and their own decks right on the river.   There  is a communal living room and kitchen - dining room. We were the only ones in the house this time, so had the big living room to ourselves.  We really liked our rooms, and the winter rate is very reasonable at $158.00 per night.  There is more info about this on my The McKenzie River Valley website. http://ogocaj7.blogspot.com/   It was so quiet!  We ate an early dinner at the restaurant across the street, Cary had trout and I had shrimp fettuccine.  We went to bed early, the sound of the river relaxing and peaceful outside our window.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Here is the communal living 
room, with my BFH Cary.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Our room, which opens up to the deck. 

(I didn't have my flash on, so decided 

to do these in black and white.)

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The sitting room.  Bring your favorite DVD's, 

because there isn't any cable or satellite dish.  We watched:   
My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The second bedroom.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Cary on deck!

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

View of downriver.

 

We went on a drive to Cougar Reservoir.   I am working on a longer story on Cougar and posting it on my The McKenzie River Valley website http://ogocaj7.blogspot.com/ when I get a chance.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The water was very low.  

This is the "island" by the 

parking lot near the lagoon.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

The view from at the dam itself.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Creek at the drained lagoon.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Waterfall at the lagoon.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Me enjoying the nice fire.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Handsome BFH Cary.  
Who loves you, Cary Matthews?  
Kathy Matthews.

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