Thanksgiving 2010, Days Three and Four

Our Thanksgiving celebration continued all day Saturday.  We started out (after a very late sleep-in for some) with a pancake and sausage brunch.  Anthony, Lori, and Austin joined us as well.

While every sensible person stayed indoors on such a cold, windy day, Sam and Ray went outside to throw football.  Even after dark they went out there again.  I have never seen two grown men (???) have as much fun playing together as these two.

Sometime in the afternoon Frank and J'von arrived along with Frank's friend Darla and her two kids.  There were no dull moments after that!  

Eventually the children were getting antsy, and just in time Lori called and told us they were taking Austin to a new kids' place called Fun Unleashed (I think).  So Darla and I packed up the kids and went to join them.  What an awesome place!  The most amazing jungle gym I have ever seen, and many other things to do as well.  Of course it cost a pretty penny, but it was worth it.  They had so much fun.

 

Then we all came back home and ate Thanksgiving leftovers and the apple crisp I had made earlier.  The noise level escalated as the evening progressed! I did manage to get them to pose for pictures.  Unfortunately, Anthony and Lori had already gone home, so I didn't get one of them.  

Ray and Thyda with Jade, their baby cat.

Sam and Jennifer.

Frank, J'von, and Destiny, Darla and her children, Mariah and Christian.

The girls wanted Dick and I to pose with "the boys".  I was on my last ounce of energy by that time and I looked like it too.

Ray and Thyda, as well as Frank and Darla and the three kids left around 11 PM for the long drive back to Lancaster County.  I was too tired to even worry about them when I went to bed!  

This morning Sam, Jenn, and Destiny slept in, Dick went to work, and I went to two church services. First to Fillmore UM to sing in the choir and participate in their Hanging of the Greens service, then to Houserville UM to play piano with their worship team.  

After Sam, Jenn, and Destiny left around 1:15 I made food for Dick to take along to the hunting cabin, then I babysat Austin here at our house for a few hours. (I could go on and on about the cute things he did today, but I'm too sleepy.)  Lori came for him about the same time Dick got home from work.  I sent him on his way and I was ALONE!  And when I'm done with this post I am hitting the sack.  

I have so many wonderful memories of this Thanksgiving holiday.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord!!!