It's All About the Food

I'll admit, maybe I'm naive. This was the first year I realized that not everybody celebrates Thanksgiving by stuffing themselves full of food. Thursday morning, I saw the line of people bundled up with coolers and sleeping bags outside the local Best Buy waiting for Black Friday. I thought to myself, "I would never give up the feasts of all feasts for any amount of money off a big screen TV". To each his own. For our family, it's all about the food.


As usual, our Thanksgiving celebration started last week. We had an early Thanksgiving with my family since this is the year to spend the actual holiday with the in-laws. We went to church together, which was nice. After church, we ate appetizers until my dad came home from church a few hours later. My sister and I tried to convince dad to let us have dessert first but, he didn't give in. (I really felt like we were 10 years old again.)

I spent Wednesday on the road with the rest of the nation, driving to Rexburg, Idaho (3 hours away) to get Aaron's brother, Jared, so he could spend the weekend with the family. He joined us for our Texas vs. Texas A&M football party Thursday night. (Imagine Thanksgiving and Superbowl Sunday all rolled into one.)

As far as the menus go, Aaron and I made our specialties for both families. Aaron's is the sweet potatoes and mine is the pecan pie. They are both on our "must have" list for Thanksgiving. Everybody contributed to both feasts. The problem is always that there is so much good food that we just can't physically eat it all.

Now that I think about it, I lied. It's not all about the food. That is a huge part of the holiday for us but, the best part of all was spending time with our families. I loved sitting in the living room with my family as each one of us said what we were thankful for. I loved hanging out with Aaron's family as we let allowed our bodies to digest some before we dug into the pies. It's not just about the food. It's about being with all the people I'm most thankful for.