My Thanksgiving day started off with a 6K run called the Outback Classic to benefit the local food bank. Rob and I did it together and it was a fun challenge.
Diane made our Thanksgiving meal. She had been up til 3:30 the night before getting things pre-prepped! During the real prep time the kids played around the house and some watched movies while the women folk cooked and cleaned!
We had to put a couple of tables together and move some furniture around to fit everyone. We used the candle holders that my nanny gave me for my wedding. They held Mr. & Mrs. Pilgrim taper candles and they were cute next to my Publix Mr.& Mrs. Pilgrim salt and pepper shakers.
Our meal included: turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, cranberry salad, cream corn, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, collard greens, rolls, macaroni and cheese, cucumber salad, cooked carrots, black-eyed peas, deviled eggs, relish tray, and other stuff too...can't remember it all... and pies and brownies and cookies. There was enough food leftover that we could have started all over again and still had food leftover.
(ahhh, pretend there's an inserted short video clip of all the food! I'm new to all this upload images and video stuff. I thought I got the video uploaded, but it won't work when I preview it, darn)
We put on an 80th birthday party for my grandmother after we ate. I helped my daughters plan it. Then, they and my niece, Eden, were hostesses for the party. They did a Thanksgiving quiz, performed a little song called, "A Turkey Named Burt", a quiz about my grandma, a Thanksgiving Bingo, and a raffle for prizes in a basket. It was precious. And my grandma loved it.
(for real, totally pretend there is the cutest video clip ever of my girls and my niece singing this song. It is precious, but I guess forever more only to be enjoyed by those who can be near my phone or computer to watch it!)
Then we sang Happy Birthday to Grandma! Funny, but she was too full with turkey to eat her birthday cookie!
(Again, pretend you've seen a sweet and touching video clip of a family devoted to their mom, grandma, great grandma singing Happy Birthday, her blowing out the candle and having to turn down the cookie because she was stuffed!)
Later on, my dad challenged Jake and Mal to drink buttermilk. Offered them $5 a piece to try it. Jake downed his and took his five. Mallory tried a sip and ran out the door, so Jake downed hers too and took her five. Although, his second downing was much, much slower than the first!
(and now pretend you've seen a funny clip of my dad super excited pouring out buttermilk and challenging my kids, Mallory being very squeamish, taking a sip and running out the door and then Jake, cringing, but downing his and collecting his dough, that kid is all about the cash!)
It was an awesome day spent with family!
(Originally wrote this the day after Thanksgiving and have been mad ever since that I couldn't get my videos to upload. I guess I'm gonna get over it and go on with my life!)
