Traditional Thanksgiving

AJ informed us that the pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving for three days. This year we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving pilgrim style.

Our first Thanksgiving dinner was with Aaron's family on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The food was magnificent! The company was great! We played a touch-football game after dinner and before dessert. (It is important to clear some space in your stomach and burn a few calories before taking more in.) As most of you know, I'm not really an athlete. I did make some key stops throughout the game, however. (By the way, I didn't mean to pull Suzie's pants down that one time.) The kids also enjoyed playing with us. Esteban was all "pro-athlete" and made several touchdowns. He was on the other team, which I was a little bitter about. (I said I wasn't athletic, that doesn't mean I'm not competitive).

Our next Thanksgiving dinner was on the actual holiday with my family. Most of the family went hiking to the "M" in the morning (again, it's all about burning calories in the "pre-food festivities"). Now, I have to explain something here. The only place I have seen letters on mountains is in Utah and Southern Idaho. This is where a gigantic cement, white-washed letter is built on a mountain. I grew up under the shadow of the "M" in my hometown, Morgan. Anyway, Aaron and the boys went on the hike and had a lot of fun. I stayed home due to a pounding headache that later turned into a massive head cold which is not fun. My sister made this to-die-for coconut cream pie that is now added to my "must haves" for Thanksgiving. The food was magnificent! The company was great!

Our third Thanksgiving dinner will be this weekend just with our little family. We have some of our own traditions that we picked up in Texas. We have to finish off our "must haves" list. So, I thought I would find a great deal on turkeys after Thanksgiving. They still had the sale price, but all that was left was gigantic birds. We will be eating turkey leftovers for some time. (If any of you have a good recipes let me know). Who's complaining? As you know in our family, we won't mind eating a Texas-sized turkey. The food will be magnificent! The company will be great!

There you have it. Our Traditional Thanksgiving. Three days of celebrating! What more is there to be thankful for? As I've mentioned before, every night after family prayer we say something that we are thankful for. For Ethan, one night it was bendable thumbs. After a long hard soccer game, Esteban said, "I'm thankful for water." AJ is thankful for electricity. (Now that it is cold outside, I am thankful for that too.) I've already mentioned what Vanessa is thankful for. Savanah usually says she is grateful for her family. Being the mother of four-n-more and a great husband too, I completely agree.