Thanksgiving Day with Family and Friends!!

I got up at 6 to stuff this huge bird and get it in the oven. I'm no Martha Stewart, but I think the finished product looks pretty good. My helpers look pretty good too!! Max was so excited to see the BIG turkey!!

I always seem to forget at least one item for the Thanksgiving feast and this year was no exception.......it was the yams! I realized this just as everyone was sitting down to eat. I was trying to sneak into the pantry to find a spare can when I was intercepted by Papa Randall. Well I was forgiven and we simply had a great meal without those pesky yams!! Here are a couple of our friends, Marshall holding Randy the Dog!! Randy loved all the turkey that I managed to get on the floor during the carving process!! Ya gotta love those ears, he even puts mine to shame!! What better thing to do on Thanksgiving but catch some fast action football, Papa Randall and Marshall enjoying the game!!

After the big meal, a little rest, some pie and more football, we headed to Bountiful Bowl for some fierce competition!! Teams were as follows: Papa Randall, Suni, Janetha and Jake against Nana Sue, Marshall, Mike and Max (we all took turns holding Luke). As you can see Max has fine form and is able to actually throw the ball a long way down the alley!!

Suni, Jake and Luke checking out the score. The first game was tied right down to the last ball Max rolled.........oops, he missed getting his spare, so we remained tied going into game 2!!

Here's Mike trying hard to figure out just what we need to inch our score even higher. He tried giving Luke to Suni, Papa Randall and Jake to hold so they would be too worn out to throw their bowling balls!!

Finally I found the bowling ball that worked (a little too late into game 2)!! I got a strike, and another and yes ANOTHER!! How's that, a turkey on Thanksgiving!! It wasn't enough to help us pull ahead, the games were close but Papa Randall's team won!!



It was a great day, however, we were missing a few very important people to make this an even greater day. We had to share Doug, Linds and Izzy with her family this year - we missed having them here and Doug complaining that he doesn't even like turkey! Eric, Marisa, Kaylee, Lucy and Sofi were missing from our table too, they stayed in Dublin, Ca and enjoyed dinner with a family in their neighborhood.

Oh how we love all of our family members!! This is such a wonderful time to think about what we are thankful for. My list could go on forever, wonderful kids, spectacular grand kids, terrific husband, great friends, good health, warm home and the gospel of Jesus Christ which keeps us together forever!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!