Thanksgiving

Ok, so I'm a little late. However, seeing as how Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, I think I'm entitled to dwell on the day as long as I please. Talk about hidden blessings... not having a job the week of Thanksgiving allowed me to travel home and spend more time in Texas than I otherwise would have had. Adam wasn't able to come home and he was missed.

The day was wonderful and full of traditions, starting with cinnamon rolls and the Macy's parade in the morning, my job of ironing the table cloth and getting the table set, and the Brown's coming for dinner. Belinda and I met in kindergarten and her family has been attending Thanksgiving with us ever since. This year, we had a new addition; Dave, Belinda's fiancee, joined the group.

Dinner was wonderful. Everything down to the peas with pearl onions and the pumpkin pie were delicious! Later, we all played a game called telephone pictionary. It was Aimee's idea (Belinda's younger sister). Each person is giving a stack of scratch paper equaling the number of people playing. On the top sheet, the individual writes something random, then passes the whole stack to the right (or left, just consistent through the game). That individual reads the item, then places the paper on the bottom of the stack, and proceeds to draw as best he or she can what was written. This is then passed to the next person, who tries to write/describe what he or she thinks is drawn. The game proceeds in this manner (write, draw, write, draw, etc.) until the stack returns to the original owner. So hilarious!

This picture was taken by Belinda's mom right before dinner; she and my grandmother are the only ones not pictured.

From left to right, going around the table: Dave, Belinda, Me, Mom, Dad, Casey, Kurt, Aimee.

Did I mention this was my favorite holiday?!?!