Scrumdiddlyumptious Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was my favorite holiday. I can't really pin down why it's my favorite.

It could be the food. It could be the family.

It could be that I don't have to go anywhere.

It could be the relaxing 6 hours of food preparation ending in the glorious stuffing of our faces and tummies.

It could be the 7 choices of pie that follow.

It could be the parade in the morning or the wonderful smells that fill my house.

It could be the 13 children running around the house and playing with absolutely no arguing.

It could be just the feelings of gratitude that we all tend to feel more fully on Thanksgiving.

I think it must be the culmination of all of these things.

We had such delicious food this year.

We had 3 tables of people full of people.

Here's the breakdown.

(Please notice the increasing niceness of dishes - even the little people get glass though)

You have the table reserved for the young and beautiful.

Then you have the table for the cool kids.

Here is the wise adult table.

I remember being a kid and wishing I could sit at the awesome adult table.

The one with the China and all of the food.

I finally made it, but it sounded like they were having more fun at the cool kids table.

Perhaps I want to go back to that table!

 

We were honored to have Grandma Cain (Tootie) with us this year.

She is 92 years young and one of the funniest people I know.

Or one of the easiest people to make laugh I know.

She is so positive that she would be proud of her Gandkids and Great Grandkids for just getting out of the bed in the mornings.  She would say something like "The way you get out of bed is just so impressive!  How do you do it so well?  Great job, really great job!"  She always makes you feel like you're loved and special.

She keeps trying to figure out why she can't just die already.

She said "I am not really sure what I'm supposed to learn anymore.  

I think I've learned it all."

I told her she's still here because while she is praying to die we are all praying to keep her here.

After a while all of the girls flocked to Grandpa.

 

This is not an unusual scene with this group.

I love Thanksgiving!

It doesn't get any better than this!