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Our Thanksgiving this year was filled to the brim with people and I loved every minute! I grew up in a VERY small family; A family of two. I always wanted a big family. Well, I married a man who is the youngest of 11 children. Unfortunately, none of them live close to us. But… the Lord blessed us with His family! First we had a little Mexican family from our church over, plus my buddy down the road and one of her daughters and also my Mom came down. Then, after we had our Turkey Dinner, we headed up to a near-by town (about a 45 minute drive) to some more close friend’s of ours house for dessert, fellowship, and singing. My oldest daughter, my son and I played our instruments. Then, we brought home with us another BIG family from farther south of us (about a 3-4 hour drive) a family of 8. It was very interesting figuring out sleeping arrangements as our little house is… well…. little. But we managed pretty well. The next day, Friday, we all (15 of us) squished into their 12 passenger van (shh… don’t tell anyone) and went to Montezuma's Well and then on to Sedona to window shop and eat and be "tourists" for a couple hours. Then we went to Saturday, all the guys, including my hubby and son, all the guys that were at our house, as well as the birthday girl’s dad and brothers, uncles, cousins… they all left early to meet up together to escape the girly birthday party…. I mean, to go wood cutting. J They had quite a loggers party! Us ladies beautified ourselves and decked out in green and pink for for the party since it was a green and pink party and headed over. I had so much fun being a kid again. I didn't get to be a kid long enough you know. J After the party was over and we were waiting for the guys to come back, I made dinner. I had brought everything that I had intended to make for our company the night before: rice, beans, green mole, and tortillas. But since we went out to eat and stuffed ourselves, no one was hungry by the time we got home. My friend’s sisters helped make Albondiga soup (since we all knew that what I made wasn't going to be enough) and another friend made homemade flour tortillas, which I hope to duplicate... they are sooo good! Mom stayed at our house while we were at the party. I guess she needed a break, plus she wasn't feeling that great. After we fed all the hungry lumberjacks (and I mean HUNGRY!!!! - there wasn't a drop of food left by the time we got done! In fact, we started raiding the fridge for more to feed them!) Then, our friends from the south headed back to their house and we headed home. Sunday school next day... we finished up a craft project we'd been working on; a yarn rainbow with the scripture, "I do set my bow in the cloud and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth". The service that day was tremendously WONDERFUL!!! I am still reflecting on it. After church, we went home and ate turkey leftovers. Mom went home and we watched a dvd mom had left for us to watch from the Hold yer hat’s, ‘cause we’re still goin. Then… later I had gotten my son to bed… then Grace …and just as I was heading youngest into the bathroom (all droopy like a noodle) so she could go potty before going to bed, my husband hollered at me that Grace was throwing up! So, I practically threw said poor droopy noodle back on my bed and ... oh well, you don't want to know the details. But let's just say… I was up ALL night with her. I camped out in the living room - which is where she generally sleeps (on the couch) because she refuses to sleep with her younger sister 'cause she grinds her teeth at night and the room stinks and ... and... she's very sensitive! So anyway... that was our holiday. Now I caught what Grace had, but reflecting on the wonderful time we had, I don't remember a bigger Thanksgiving in my entire life!!! It was great! Sorry I didn’t get any pics this time. My photo card is full – I guess I’m kinda trigger happy J hahaha. You can see a few pics if you go to timbuck2mom’s blog. |
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