The kids had a lot of fun putting up lights this year.
On actual Thanksgiving Day Titus and Chris broke out the tiller to turn over the vegetable garden (Chris wants lots of ghost pepper next year), Lance (with the help of the neighbors) covered the bed in wood chips and then all the kids played wiffle ball in the court, while Chis and I baked pumpkin pies inside for "Thanksgiving Day Observed". It was a great day.
The M-Family arrived early on "Thanksgiving Day Observed" to play an airsoft version of Bang in the yard. While we adults prepared the meal inside. The grandparents came over around 4pm and we sat down to enjoy a wonderful feast and fellowship. Between the meal and desert the adults enjoyed lively conversation while the kids played the card version of Bang in the bonus room (do you see a trend here). We think this is the 5th time we have celebrated Thanksgiving with the M-Family. When I invited them this year I said "You have to come, its tradition", to which their oldest son said "You know what? She's right. We do have to come". What blessing good friends are.
We had great plans for productivity on Saturday but TLC (Turkey Left-over Como) had us rethink that idea, so we decided to just have fun together playing games, looking for a Christmas tree (on Nextdoor), etc.
Sunday, was the first Sunday of Advent. We surprised the kids with a new game "Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza", a wonderful fun and slightly violent card game. I assume they like the game as they've been playing it a couple times a day ever since. I have games lined up for the remainder of Sunday Advents (7 Wonders, Tsuro, and El Dorado), as well to go along with our traditional movies of Advent.
My grain mill arrived last night so now we can officially make our bread completely from scratch, what a difference it made in the first loaf. Last night was also my last Gateway 1 class, I found a kindred spirit in Joette and I felt encouraged and empowered to keep learning more so I can take complete control of my family's health. It's truly been a week of many thanksgivings.
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