Thanksgiving Day

We had a decent Turkey Day. The food was great. My philosophy about Thanksgiving is that it is a day to enjoy family and to celebrate the things we are thankful for. So I refuse to stress out and overwork myself on this day. We were pretty low-key: 20 pound turkey, stuffing, yams, mashed tatoes, green bean casserole, jello salad (made the day before) Rhoades rolls and pies. I only did chocolate truffle and pumpkin pies. And those were done before Thursday. So, not a lot of cooking for me, and plenty of time, since the turkey took about 4 hours to cook.

Dan and Joshua had a good time playing Wii together. Rylee loves her little chairs.

Marian worked on a cute Thanksgiving book. She made an adorable pop-up page; sorry I didn't get a picture of it.

Here's Rylee with her favorite part of dinner. Jello salad is about all she really ate, but she sure had fun with it.

Callie managed to dibs a turkey leg and she was able to put a pretty good dent in it.

Delaney said, "Take my picture!"

And Rylee helped polish off Joshua's turkey leg!

It was a good meal, but the day was dampened a bit by a tummy bug. No, it was NOT food poisoning, and shame on you for thinking it! Delaney had spent Tuesday puking, but I hoped everyone else would stay healthy. Dan felt crummy on Thanksgiving Day and didn't eat much. Friday Callie and Joshua spent the day barfing. I started feeling rotten after my session at the Temple and didn't get to enjoy any leftovers. I still haven't! I feel barfy today, but have managed to avoid doing it. Marian had an unsettled tummy today, but also had managed to keep her food down. She has eaten more than I.

I am thankful that it is about a 24 hour thing. I am doubly grateful that all my kids have good aim (except for a minor incident with Delaney who yakked a blue popsicle all over my bathroom floor), and they have diligently carried buckets with them and I have not had to clean up much vomit. I am grateful that they have not been too hungry and eventually I WILL get my turkey sandwich!!