It was a special Thanksgiving as we were all together for the first time since 2003 and only the 4th time in the past eleven years. Since the day was so warm we were able to spread out. The kids ate on the front porch and the adults on the other side of the window in the dining room. Popdaddy had not been doing well on Wednesday and Alex had spent several hours in the ER because of his asthma so for only the 2nd time in memory I missed the Thanksgiving Service, my favorite church service of the year. But it was a pleasant morning preparing the house for my family. Since Carl and Kimberly wouldn't be here for Christmas we were exchanging the kids gifts and the NiNi PJ's that night--and in the hurry of getting ready for Thanksgiving I had forgotten I needed to get them labeled and stuffed in their fleece backpacks and the nightgowns for the girls wrapped so I had time to do that. Kimberly, Alex, Daniel and, of course, Samuel, were home as well so we enjoyed watching the Macy's Parade (the first time I had ever seen it) together (well, I got glimpses of it between my hustling about).
Carl was given the honor of carving the turkey as the oldest son. I had the fun of making a beautiful table this year. I had purchased pretty Thanksgiving paper plates and cloth napkins in fall colors and had them in napkin rings on the plates. I even splurged on a centerpiece. Because the table was so pretty and because we were eating at two tables, we decided to only put the turkey and the rolls on the table and left all the other food on a table in the kitchen. (Did that keep us from eating seconds and thirds? I don't think so-but maybe we got a little exercise having to walk to the kitchen for them.)
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