Thanksgiving And The Like

Thanksgiving!

I love that holiday so much! Of course, I really love just about every holiday...

Anyway! We always host Thanksgiving dinner at our house for whoever

wants to come (normally some of Dad's family and a few friends).

I don't know but there is something superhero-ish about Mom's...

In my book anyway! She was up around 5 a.m. to start cooking our turkey

and never stopped working until about 9 p.m that night! The food

was absolutely wonderful! All of it! And I don't know why, but if she cleans

something it always seems like 10 times cleaner than if I do it. All of us girls have

our assigned chores that we do around the house, but if by chance Mom ends

up just tidying up a little (like 3 minutes) it looks so much better than if I work

for 30! Don't you think that's a little unfair?? :) Oh well, I guess she's got a few

years' experience more than I...

Let the eatinggg commence!
And we can have a good time talking while everyone else fills
their plates! (make sure it's not poison before we try any...)

Host and Hostess.

Somehow our house always seems to have just enough room

for whatever group is over. If it's just us 5 than sometimes it can feel a little

crowded, but then we have 15 more people over and it feels right at the

comfortable level! Like if we had any more it'd be too full, and any less it'd be

to empty! (And then two days later you have Kalebaugh Family Christmas

and that's like 25 people and it's the same thing all over again!)

The leftover turkey...

SomeBODY (I won't mention names...) ate it all!

Jkjk! :D

And then somehow they expect us to fit in pie??!

2 of the 3 "dish-doer's". Mom was the other one, but she didn't get

in the picture.

Next to the turkey (and stuffing! Don't forget the stuffing), the visiting is

the one of my favorite things about this holiday!

Plus, I guess just the name Thanksgiving makes me reflective

and it's a good chance to really think about all the things I'm blessed

with and thankful for! What's that Bible verse about "always giving thanks

and making music to the Lord in your hearts"? Oh if only I could

pattern my life after that verse...Turkey-induced coma stricken people resting in the living room.

Later that afternoon the Deets family came to join us for some

celebration! :D It was quite fun!

We had a grand time visiting, and just sitting around and hanging out!

And Thanksgivingleftovers snacking :)

What better to do at 11 p.m. than get ready to go Black Friday shopping!?

Josh had found some great deals on some of the stuff he wanted to get

for the kids on Black Friday sales lists, but he had to work, so he convinced

us to go for him :P

Of course Reid doesn't want to be in the picture...

As Dad was getting ready to go to bed he asked "Okay, who's going

to be driving?" To which Reid promptly says "BECKY!" He must

trust my driving the most out of our family :P

I'm okay with that!
Strange that he trusts my driving even though I stop looking at the

road to have my picture taken...

Just kidding! We were just backing out of our driveway!
I do my best to be the safest driver I can so I'd not "not look" at the road.

Nyeaaahhhh, That's all folks! :D

We ended up getting all the stuff that was on the list... With a little

work. It was quite a fun experience and I wouldn't mind doing it again sometime!