Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year was the year to spend Thanksgiving day with Aaron's family so, in keeping with tradition, we had "Thanksgiving dinner" at my parent's house a few weeks earlier. With my family, it is a two day affair. We have the appetizers the night before. That way you can really kill the diet and put on even more weight. Every body loves it though. My mom played a Thanksgiving Bingo game with the kids. I think she was trying to occupy them so they didn't totally destroy her house. Good plan!

Here we are all sitting around the table. My grandma and one of my cousins and his family joined us. I say the more the merrier.

My cousin's son joined Charlie under the table. I'm not sure if Charlie appreciated the company but, Will was so happy to be there.

At Aaron's parent's house we realized this was Jace's first Thanksgiving. He loved the sweet potatoes and after he was done eating, he was ready for a nap. Aren't we all like that?

Vanessa LOVED being with her cousins. I just noticed they all have the same color of hair. I guess we know which side that gene comes from.

After dinner, Aaron's mom wanted to do a family picture with all of us. She nominated me to be the cameraman because I have a nice camera. I tried to explain that the camera does not make the photographer but, alas I bought a tripod and here we are........

I can't write about Thanksgiving and not say how thankful I am for my family. This time of year brings back memories from all of our Thanksgivings. For those of you who aren't near family for the holidays, I have to say, the ones we remember most are the ones we spent alone, 1800 miles away from extended family. Thanksgiving is really about remembering our blessings. The rest is just frosting on the cake, I mean whipped cream on the pie.