Thanksgiving

Three Thanksgiving dinners.

No wonder I'm having trouble buttoning my pants.

Hehe, I'm not complaining, I love Thanksgiving, the more the better, I say!

As tradition in my family dictates, Thanksgiving started out on the Sunday before, at my dad's house. All my aunts, uncles, and cousins come over for the feast. We've been celebrating on the Sunday before for as long as I can remember. Our family is fairly big, and a while back it became hard for everyone to meet on the actual holiday, so we just made the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving our own special holiday. This year was special, as Baby Girl had her picture taken in my grandmother's high chair. My grandmother was an only child, and when she became a mother her parents gave her her high chair. She used it with all five of her children, and all of us grandchildren used it when we were at Memom's house. Now that there are great grandchildren running about, we try to make sure they sit in it at least once, which is not hard to do, because we actually use it, and we make sure to take a picture. I think it's sweet that we have pictures of my children eating my the same high chair that I, my father, and my grandmother used. I'm a bit sappy like that. ;)

We had a few days rest and then onto the real Thanksgiving. Back to my dad's house, for a smaller celebration with just the immediate family. My mother in law always joins us, too. After dinner we sit around the fire in the den, look through the paper, talk about Christmas wish lists for the kids, and, of course, watch football. (I could care less about football, I've tried to like it, but I guess it's just not in the cards.) Anyway, we drink a bit of wine, then coffee, and just enjoy each other's company. It's always very enjoyable.

Normally that would be the end of Thanksgiving, but this year my mother-in-law decided to buy a turkey, so a few days later she called and asked us to come over for dinner. So we did and were surprised by another feast! Oh my gosh! We don't mind, though, since we don't have Thanksgiving at our house, we never have any leftovers. Three dinners makes up for that!

What bountiful blessings we have!