My Thanksgiving Story

I love Thanksgiving so much!  In years past, our little family of 5 (which added my sister-in-law, to make 6) would join my uncle and cousins at my Grandma's for lunch and stay a couple hours, then move on to my Grandmother and Granddaddy's for dinner.  Wow- that's a lot of food all in one day!

This year we all combined our efforts and met at my Grandma's.  My brother and sister-in-law have a little one now and brought some friends of theirs, my sister brought her boyfriend, and my uncle brought his roommate.  That's 17 people!!

And it was so much fun.

We had two turkeys... my dad fried one (which is the only way to have a turkey) and my mom roasted the other.  And almost every individual person brought at least 2 dishes.  And that made enough leftovers for several days. :)

My sister was a Thanksgiving baby, born the day after in 1990 (November 23)!  So we took a little time to celebrate her.  She did not blow out all her candles in one blow... no wish come true for her!

And what's Thanksgiving without Black Friday sale papers?!  

It was so nice outside this year.  We added a little outside fun... ladder toss, corn hole, football.  It was great.

Of course I have to feature some Carter... the cutest, sweetest one-year-old in the world!

With his Nana and Papa

I think we all felt the same way, Carter.

And you know what the end of Thanksgiving means?  The beginning of the Christmas season... the most wonderful time of the year!  Do you have your decorations all up yet?  Are you listening to Christmas music non-stop?  You better be! :)