Thanksgiving 2011

This year's Thanksgiving was certainly one of the best that I can recall.  Of course, as we do every year, we started our day at the Feaster Five Road Race.  The kids each did the kids race and did GREAT!  They both ran the whole way and finished smiling, so it was a smashing success in my book.  They stuck around long enough to cheer their mom on at the start, and then headed home for breakfast and tubs while I ran my 5 miler with my friends Marcie and Gwen.  The race was great, and I had a lot of fun getting to run with the girls.

After the race I zipped home for a quick shower and cooking, and we were in the car well before "Alice's Restaurant" came on the radio at noon, heading toward Uncle Devan and Aunt Jen's house for a fantastic feast.  And a fantastic feast it was!  Jen and her parents, Devan, Eva, Grammy, Grampy, Auntie Kae, and the four of us enjoyed a great and relaxing afternoon.  Jen was a wonderful hostess, and put out a spread fit for an entire army.  No one went home hungry...except for Zachary who passed on most of the dinner items, stuffed his belly with cookies for dessert, and then asked Auntie Jen if she could please get him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a slice of cheese on top.  Lexi and Zach were happy to have plenty of time to play with all of Eva's toys, and it seemed as though Eva was pretty happy to have her cousins there to play with her too.  It was a wonderful day indeed.

Jen got her morning workout mashing 10 pounds of potatoes

Ahren and Devan

Devan, Craig, Ahren and Kaelan

Zach had a little quiet time with the kitty

Eleanor, Jen and Stan prepare the turkey

Zach and Grampy, crazy as always

"The Girls" playing before dinner.

Auntie Kae is always excited to eat.

Zach steals a bite of Daddy's leg

Devan pretended that he was going to do the dishes

Our Thanksgiving Turkey - We all wrote what we were thankful for

The boys, post pie.  It was hard to stay upright.

Auntie Kae helps Zach set up his  new train set that she got him for his birthday.

Sleepy mom and dad - it was a good day.