Our first official holiday in our new house! We were grateful for a house full of the Holy Spirit, good friends, and blessed conversation.
The morning started with me rousing the boys out of bed. They really wanted to see the organs taken out of the turkey. Our friend Crystal was making the turkey, so I dropped the boys off at 8am at her house, then met up with my friend Elyse to run the Roseville Turkey Trot 5k. I am stunned to discover that I ran it in 32:32, a huge leap from past times. This gives me hope for the CIM Relay next week.
Elyse set the table. It turned out gorgeous!!
“Auntie Crystal” made the turkey and the boys were so happy that they each got their own drumstick. 🙂 They also decided to wear their pilgrim and indian costumes we had left over from our 4th of July celebration…
Our loved guests…Left of David, our friend Anton. His wife Cynthia was supposed to join us but she came down with a migraine. Our good friends Crystal and Eric. Our friend and yardcare man, Mike. Our friend, Elyse. Our new friend through Crystal and Eric, Jared. This young man piled up a plate after already eating a Thanksgiving dinner at a different home! Oh, the metabolism of youth!
After dinner, the boys wanted to put on a play for us. Here we are gathering for the play. Our friends, Shirley and Q, stopped by with a homemade sweet potato pie that Q made. DELICIOUS!
The play was so cute. It was about five minutes long. ‘A’ talked about the pilgrims coming over on the Mayflower, and then ‘R’ came in to say that he was “Chief Massaquoi” (or something like that), and that he was going to have Squanto come in “two sunrises” to help the Pilgrims. ‘R’ then showed “A’ how to fish with a net (using Daddy’s sweatshirt), then how to plant corn and laying the fish on top, “to make the corn taste better” 🙂 They then gathered for a feast, and ‘A’ closed by saying that it was Abraham Lincoln who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
We divvied up the leftovers, but will still be eating turkey for a long time! LOVE IT!!