We ate Thanksgiving dinner with Jon's sister and her family, and his sister flew down from Utah to spend Thanksgiving with us all as well. It was such a great time, filled with the Turkey Bowl (I actually got to play this year!), lots of cooking, lots of food, lots of eating, and lots of relaxing.
They'd put four folding tables together to make this huge Thanksgiving Dinner table. I loved it! We all got to sit together and all of the food was on the table ... it was perfect. I've never seen so much food for Thanksgiving dinner either! My sister-in-law's family has a tradition of making everyone's favorite dish ... so there were the traditional foods (mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, rolls, corn, etc.), and there was also potato salad, zucchini, sweet potatoes (not prepared the traditional way with marshmallows), and ham (not traditional for us). I'm sure there is something I forgot because there was so much food!
These two little stinkers didn't want to eat, but I wanted them there with us, so they sat on a couch behind us reading a book of compiled Disney stories.
After dinner, we quickly cleaned up (I've never seen anyone wash dishes as swiftly as my brother-in-law), and made some cream to put on our pies. Then, we played musical carseats and mixed up all the cousins, then headed out to my brother-in-law's parents-in-law's house for dessert. I guess it has been a tradition for my brother- and sister-in-law for the last few years to do this. We went and ate chocolate pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, the best pecan pie, and apple pie.
It was a fun Thanksgiving filled with lots of family and lots of food, and a lot of gratitude. I really am grateful we were able to spend the holiday with family ... but I am also grateful for the years when we didn't. I think those years were so much more peaceful and tranquil because we didn't have as much to do about them. I'm so glad we have had both experiences, and cannot wait to combine them both next year!
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