Thanksgiving began at 6:30 a.m. I never stopped cooking and dishing out food until everyone left, and I even prepared a lot of dishes last night. Everyone came dinner here. It was a very FULL house. We figured about 20 people, Grown-ups, children and grown-ups who are still children.
We had dinner early because a lot of people had to go to other family members homes or be to work. I think I acutally prefer it this way and then it leaves the early evening to clean up or in our case---mom and I just pooped out.
Genette, her friend Tiny, Neal, and Ben (KoriAnn's hubby), went down to the resthome and picked up Greg and brought him home for the big feast. He stayed for about two hours and then wanted to get back. He is starting to have a lot of pain and it is much easier on him if he is lying down.
Kassie, RJ, Ashlynne and Austin were all here dressed up and ready for a party. Austin commented that he thought there was a party. He was disappointed. I'm not sure what he thought, but maybe he was thinking presents or games or..who knows with a four year old.
Ashlynne discovered olives on the fingers and told me they were her "witches hands"
Janessa (Greg's grand-daughter) is a big bundle of energy and never sits still for one minute. She has to be playing with Austin and Ashlynne; but then she has to be playing with Trenton and Shaylee too. She wants the best of both worlds, but hasn't figured on how to be in both of them at the same time. Funny, she reminds me alot of Karyn when she was that age.
We were happy to have everyone here and it was amazing--NO FIGHTS!
I was certainly grateful for my family this year and that Keith has found a new job that he truly loves and is close to home now and not traveling 80 miles roundtrip anymore. He is 10 minutes away from home and work is less than 5 miles raoundtrip now.
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